2 Peter 1
1 Simeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who obtained an equally precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the acknowledgment of God and of Jesus our Lord!
May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
3 As His divine power has given to us all things pertaining to life and piety, through the acknowledgment of Him who called us through glory and virtue,
Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;
4 through which the most great and precious promises have been given to us, that through these you may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption [and] lust in the world.
And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.
5 And [for] this same [reason] also, having brought in all diligence, supplement your faith with virtue, and with virtue—knowledge,
So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
6 and with knowledge—self-control, and with self-control—endurance, and with endurance—piety,
And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
7 and with piety—brotherly kindness, and with brotherly kindness—love;
And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
8 for these things being in you and abounding, make [you] neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ,
For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins;
For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.
10 therefore, rather, brothers, be diligent to make steadfast your calling and [divine] selection, for doing these things you may never stumble;
For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
11 in this way the entrance into the continuous kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplemented to you. (aiōnios g166)
For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (aiōnios g166)
12 Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you about these things, although you have known [them] and have been established in the present truth,
For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.
13 and I think right, so long as I am in this tent, to stir you up in reminding [you],
And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;
14 having known that the laying aside of my tent is soon, even as our Lord Jesus Christ also showed to me.
For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
15 And I will also be diligent [to ensure] that you always have a remembrance to make of these things after my departure.
And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.
16 For having not followed out skillfully devised fables, we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having become eyewitnesses of His majesty—
For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.
17 for having received honor and glory from God the Father, such a voice being borne to Him by the Excellent Glory: “This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I delighted”;
For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
18 and we heard this voice borne out of Heaven, being with Him at the holy mountain.
And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.
19 And we have a more firm prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until day may dawn, and [the] morning star may arise in your hearts;
And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;
20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Writing comes of private exposition,
Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets.
21 for prophecy never came by [the] will of man, but men spoke from God, being brought by the Holy Spirit.
For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
