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1 Simon Peter, a bondservant and Apostle of Jesus Christ: To those to whom there has been allotted the same precious faith as that which is ours through the righteousness of our God and of our Saviour Jesus Christ.
SIMON Peter, the servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained with us the same precious faith by the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 May more and more grace and peace be granted to you in a full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
grace unto you and peace be multiplied through the knowledge of God, even Jesus our Lord,
3 seeing that His divine power has given us all things that are needful for life and godliness, through our knowledge of Him who has appealed to us by His own glorious perfections.
as his divine power hath freely given us all things tending to life and godliness, through the acknowledgment of him who hath called us to glory and fortitude:
4 It is by means of these that He has granted us His precious and wondrous promises, in order that through them you may, one and all, become sharers in the very nature of God, having completely escaped the corruption which exists in the world through earthly cravings.
whereby superlatively great and precious promises are freely given to us: that by these ye might become partakers of a divine nature, having fled far away from the corruption that is in the world through inordinate concupiscence.―
5 But for this very reason--adding, on your part, all earnestness-- along with your faith, manifest also a noble character: along with a noble character, knowledge;
And for this very purpose employing the greatest diligence, lead up in the train of your faith courage; and with courage intelligence;
6 along with knowledge, self-control; along with self-control, power of endurance;
and with intelligence moderation; and with moderation patience; and with patience piety;
7 along with power of endurance, godliness; along with godliness, brotherly affection; and along with brotherly affection, love.
and with piety fraternal affection; and with fraternal affection love.
8 If these things exist in you, and continually increase, they prevent your being either idle or unfruitful in advancing towards a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For if these things are in your possession, and abounding, they will render you neither inactive nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 For the man in whom they are lacking is blind and cannot see distant objects, in that he has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his old sins.
But he that hath no possession of these things, is blind, dim-sighted, sinking into oblivion of his purification from the sins of his former days.
10 For this reason, brethren, be all the more in earnest to make sure that God has called you and chosen you; for it is certain that so long as you practise these things, you will never stumble.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make sure your calling and election: for by doing these things, ye shall never at any time stumble:
11 And so a triumphant admission into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be freely granted to you. (aiōnios g166)
but an entrance will thus be richly afforded you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (aiōnios g166)
12 For this reason I shall always persist in reminding you of these things, although you know them and are stedfast believers in truth which you already possess.
Wherefore I will not be negligent continually to remind you of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the present truth.
13 But I think it right, so long as I remain in the body, my present dwelling-place, to arouse you by such reminders.
Indeed, I think it right, as long as I am in this frail tabernacle, to rouse up your attention by reminding you:
14 For I know that the time for me to lay aside my body is now rapidly drawing near, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has revealed to me.
knowing that the deposition of this frail tabernacle of mine is hastily approaching, as our Lord Jesus Christ hath made evident to me.
15 So on every possible occasion I will also do my best to enable you to recall these things after my departure.
I will endeavour then that even after my decease, ye may always have wherewith to preserve the remembrance of these things.
16 For when we made known to you the power and Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, we were not eagerly following cleverly devised legends, but we had been eye-witnesses of His majesty.
For we have not followed artfully devised fables, when we made known to you the power and advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his majesty.
17 He received honour and glory from God the Father, and out of the wondrous glory words such as these were spoken to Him, "This is My dearly-loved Son, in whom I take delight."
For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when such a voice was sent forth to him from the transcendently magnificent glory, This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.
18 And we ourselves heard these words come from Heaven, when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
And this voice we heard coming out of heaven, when we were with him on the holy mountain.
19 And in the written word of prophecy we have something more permanent; to which you do well to pay attention--as to a lamp shining in a dimly-lighted place--until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
And we hold the prophetic word more confirmed, to which ye do well to attend, as to a lamp shining in a dark passage, until the day dawn, and the morning-star arise upon your hearts.
20 But, above all, remember that no prophecy in Scripture will be found to have come from the prophet's own prompting;
Knowing this in the first place, that all scriptural prophecy is not from any man’s own suggestions.
21 for never did any prophecy come by human will, but men sent by God spoke as they were impelled by the Holy Spirit.
For prophecy in old time came not by the will of man: but the holy men of God spake under the impulse of the Holy Ghost.

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