2 Peter 1
1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith equal in value to ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.
2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you through the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
3 His divine power has granted us everything that concerns life and devotion to God, through the full knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and virtue.
4 Through these, he has given us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become participants in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by desire.
5 For this very reason, making every effort, add virtue to your faith, and knowledge to virtue;
6 self-control to knowledge, perseverance to self-control, and devotion to God to perseverance;
7 brotherly affection to devotion to God, and love to brotherly affection.
8 For if these things are present in you and increasing, they keep you from being inactive or unfruitful in the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But anyone who lacks these things is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the cleansing from their former sins.
10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort all the more to confirm your calling and election; for if you do these things, you will never stumble.
11 For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
12 Therefore, I intend always to remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth that is present with you.
13 And I consider it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you.
14 I know that I will soon leave my tent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has also shown me.
15 And I will make every effort so that, even after my departure, you may always be able to remember these things.
16 For we did not make known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ by following cleverly devised myths, but because we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father when this voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory: “This is my Son, my beloved, in whom I am pleased.”
18 And we heard this voice coming from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.
19 And we have the prophetic word made even more certain; you 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 Know this above all: no prophecy of Scripture comes from one's own interpretation.
21 For prophecy was never produced by human will; rather, people spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
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