2 Peter 1
1 Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained an equally precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you by the God and Father of Jesus our Lord.
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
3 For his power divine has granted to us everything needful for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue.
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by glory and virtue.
4 By these he has granted his promises to us, precious and splendid; so that through them you may become partners of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Through these he has given us his precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires.
5 For this very reason do your best to add to your faith manliness, and to manliness knowledge,
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, your virtue with knowledge,
6 and to knowledge self-control, and to self-control stedfastness, and to stedfastness piety,
your knowledge with self-control, your self-control with endurance, your endurance with godliness,
7 and to piety brotherly love, and to brotherly love, love itself.
your godliness with brotherly affection, and your brotherly affection with love.
8 For if these virtues are yours in abounding measure, they render you not idle nor unfruitful, until you come into the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 For the man who lacks these virtues is blind, short-sighted, forgetful of his cleansing from his old sins.
For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten the cleansing of his former sins.
10 So, brothers, take diligent care to make your calling and election sure; for if you do this, you will never stumble.
Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm that you are among those whom God has called and chosen, because if you do these things, you will never stumble.
11 For so the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be richly supplied to you. (aiōnios g166)
For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you. (aiōnios g166)
12 I shall therefore be always ready to remind you of all this, even though you know it, and are firmly founded in the truth which is with you.
Therefore, I will not neglect to keep reminding you about these things, though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
13 So I think it right, as long as I am in this "tent," to rouse you by way of reminding you,
I think it is right, as long as I am in this bodily tent, to stir you up by way of reminder,
14 since I know that the time for me to strike tent comes swiftly on, even as our Lord Jesus Christ pointed out to me.
because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
15 So I will do my best to enable you, even after my departure, continually to call these things to mind.
And I will make every effort to ensure that after my departure you will be able to recall these things at any time.
16 For we were not following cunningly devised fables, when we told you of the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eye-witnesses of his Majesty.
For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17 For he did receive honor and glory from God the Father, when there was borne such a voice to him from the Majestic Glory, This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom I delight;
For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that voice came to him from the Majestic Glory: “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
18 and this voice we ourselves heard, borne to us out of heaven, when we were with him on the holy hill.
We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.
19 And so we possess the word of prophecy made yet more sure. Unto this you do well to give heed as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
So we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed. You will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
20 But first be assured of this - that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.
First of all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation.
21 For no prophecy was ever brought by the will of man; but moved by the Holy Spirit, men spoke for God.
For no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
