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 legate of Jesus the Messiah, to those who have obtained equally precious faith with us, through the righteousness of Our Lord and Redeemer, Jesus the Messiah;
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the acknowledgment of God and of Jesus our Lord!
May grace and peace abound to you through the recognition of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,
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,
as the giver to us of all things that be of the power of God, unto life and the fear of God, through the recognition of him who hath called us unto his own glory and moral excellence:
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.
wherein he hath given you very great and precious promises; that by them ye might become partakers of the nature of God, while ye flee from the corruptions of the lusts that are in the world.
5 And [for] this same [reason] also, having brought in all diligence, supplement your faith with virtue, and with virtue—knowledge,
And, while ye apply all diligence in the matter, add to your faith moral excellence; and to moral excellence, knowledge;
6 and with knowledge—self-control, and with self-control—endurance, and with endurance—piety,
and to knowledge, perseverance; and to perseverance, patience; and to patience, the fear of God;
7 and with piety—brotherly kindness, and with brotherly kindness—love;
and to the fear of God, sympathy with the brotherhood; and to sympathy with the brotherhood, love.
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, while these are found in you, and abounding, they render you not slothful, and not unfruitful, in the recognition of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.
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 he, in whom these things are not found, is blind and seeth not, and hath forgotten the purgation of his former sins.
10 therefore, rather, brothers, be diligent to make steadfast your calling and [divine] selection, for doing these things you may never stumble;
And therefore, my brethren, be ye exceedingly diligent to make your calling and election sure, by your good actions: for, by so doing, ye will never fall away.
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 thus will entrance be given you abundantly, into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Redeemer Jesus the Messiah. (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,
And for this reason I am not wearied in reminding you continually of these things; although ye know them well, and are established in this truth.
13 and I think right, so long as I am in this tent, to stir you up in reminding [you],
And it seemeth right to me, so long as I am in this body, to excite you by monition;
14 having known that the laying aside of my tent is soon, even as our Lord Jesus Christ also showed to me.
since I know, that the demise of my body is speedy, as also my Lord Jesus the Messiah hath showed 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 am anxious, that, after my departure, ye too may have it always with you to make mention of these things.
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 we have not gone after fables artfully framed, in making known to you the power and advent of our Lord Jesus the Messiah; but it was after we had been spectators of his majesty.
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, when he received from God the Father honor and glory, and, after the splendid glory of his majesty, a voice came to him thus: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased;
18 and we heard this voice borne out of Heaven, being with Him at the holy mountain.
we also heard this identical voice from heaven, which came to him while we were with him in the holy mount.
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 we have moreover a sure word of prophecy; and ye will do well, if ye look to it as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day shall dawn, and the sun shall arise in your hearts;
20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Writing comes of private exposition,
ye having the previous knowledge, that no prophecy is an exposition of its own text.
21 for prophecy never came by [the] will of man, but men spoke from God, being brought by the Holy Spirit.
For at no time was it by the pleasure of man, that the prophecy came; but holy men of God spoke, as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
