2 Peter 1
1 Simeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who did obtain a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
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.
2 Grace to you, and peace be multiplied in the acknowledgement of God and of Jesus our Lord!
Grace and peace be multiplied to you by the God and Father of Jesus our Lord.
3 As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness,
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.
4 through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.
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.
5 And this same also — all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,
For this very reason do your best to add to your faith manliness, and to manliness knowledge,
6 and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety,
and to knowledge self-control, and to self-control stedfastness, and to stedfastness piety,
7 and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;
and to piety brotherly love, and to brotherly love, love itself.
8 for these things being to you and abounding, do make [you] neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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.
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 lacks these virtues is blind, short-sighted, forgetful of his cleansing from his old sins.
10 wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,
So, brothers, take diligent care to make your calling and election sure; for if you do this, you will never stumble.
11 for so, richly shall be superadded to you the entrance into the age-during reign of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (aiōnios g166)
For so the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be richly supplied to you. (aiōnios g166)
12 Wherefore, I will not be careless always to remind you concerning these things, though, having known them, and having been established in the present truth,
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.
13 and I think right, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up in reminding [you],
So I think it right, as long as I am in this "tent," to rouse you by way of reminding you,
14 having known that soon is the laying aside of my tabernacle, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ did shew to me,
since I know that the time for me to strike tent comes swiftly on, even as our Lord Jesus Christ pointed out to me.
15 and I will be diligent that also at every time ye have, after my outgoing, power to make to yourselves the remembrance of these things.
So I will do my best to enable you, even after my departure, continually to call these things to mind.
16 For, skilfully devised fables not having followed out, we did make known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but eye-witnesses having become of his majesty —
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.
17 for having received from God the Father honour and glory, such a voice being borne to him by the excellent glory: 'This is My Son — the beloved, in whom I was well pleased;'
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;
18 and this voice we — we did hear, out of heaven borne, being with him in the holy mount.
and this voice we ourselves heard, borne to us out of heaven, when we were with him on the holy hill.
19 And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise — in your hearts;
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.
20 this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition,
But first be assured of this - that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.
21 for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.
For no prophecy was ever brought by the will of man; but moved by the Holy Spirit, men spoke for God.
