2 Peter 1
1 Simon Peter, the servant of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those receiving like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Symeon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to them who have obtained like precious faith with us, through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Favor and peace be multiplied to you, through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.
3 As His divine power having given unto us all things which appertain to life and godliness, through the perfect knowledge of the one having called us to his own glory and virtue:
As his divine power has gifted to us all things which are necessary to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who has called us to glory and virtue.
4 through which precious and greatest promises have been given unto us; that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world through lust.
On account of which, the greatest and most precious promises are freely given to us, that by these we might be made partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world, through lust.
5 And in harmony with this same thing also, add to your faith heroism; and to heroism, knowledge;
And for this very reason, indeed, giving all diligence, add to your faith, courage; and to courage, knowledge;
6 and to knowledge holiness; and to holiness patience; and patience, godliness;
and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness;
7 and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness divine love.
and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love:
8 For these things, being in you and overflowing, render you neither barren nor unfruitful in the perfect knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;
for these things being in you, and abounding, make you to be neither slothful, nor unfruitful, in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 for he unto whom these things are not present is blind, not seeing afar off, having received the forgetfulness of his purgation from his old sins.
But he who has not these things, is blind, shutting his eyes, having become forgetful of the purification of his old sins.
10 Therefore, brethren, be the more diligent to make your calling and election sure: for doing these things you can never fall.
Wherefore, the rather, brethren, earnestly endeavor to make your calling and election sure; for doing these things, you shall never fall;
11 For in this way an entrance will be administered unto you abundantly into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (aiōnios g166)
and thus there shall be richly ministered to you, an entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (aiōnios g166)
12 Therefore I will be about to always remind you concerning these things, even though knowing them, and being established in the present truth.
Wherefore, I will not neglect to put you always in remembrance of these things, although you know, and are established in the present truth.
13 But I consider it righteous, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by remembrance;
Yes, I think it fit, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up, by putting you in remembrance;
14 knowing that the laying aside of my tabernacle is swift, as our Lord Jesus Christ also showed to me.
knowing, that the putting off of this, my tabernacle, is soon to happen, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has showed me.
15 And I will endeavor to have each one of you after my departure make mention of these things.
Therefore, I will carefully endeavor that you may be able, after my decease, to have these things always in remembrance.
16 For not having followed cunningly devised fables, have we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having been eyewitnesses of his majesty.
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his grandeur;
17 For having received from God the Father the honor and glory of such a voice having been borne to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
for when he received from God the Father honor and glory, a vice to this effect came to him from the magnificent glory, "This is my Son, the beloved, in whom I delight."
18 We, being with him in the holy mount, heard this voice borne from heaven.
And this voice we heard come from heaven, being with him on the holy mountain:
19 And we have the more certain word of prophecy; to which you do well giving heed, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day may dawn, and the morning-star may rise in your hearts:
so we have the prophetic word more firm; to which you do well to take heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till the day dawn, and the morning star arise in your hearts.
20 know this in the first place, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.
Knowing this first, that no prophecy brought by the will of man;
21 For in the olden time prophecy did not come by the will of man: but men moved by the Holy Ghost spoke from God.
but the holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
