Simon
Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ,
to them that have obtained like precious faith
with us through the righteousness of God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ:
02 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through
the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
03 According as his divine power hath given unto
us all things that pertain unto life and
godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath
called us to glory and virtue:
04 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and
precious promises: that by these ye might be
partakers of the divine nature, having escaped
the corruption that is in the world through lust.
05 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to
your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
06 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance
patience; and to patience godliness;
07 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness charity.
08 For if these things be in you, and abound,
they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor
unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
09 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and
cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he
was purged from his old sins.
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence
to make your calling and election sure: for if ye
do these things, ye shall never fall:
11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto
you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you
always in remembrance of these things, though ye
know them, and be established in the present
truth.
13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this
tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in
remembrance;
14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my
tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath
shewed me.
15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able
after my decease to have these things always in
remembrance.
16 For we have not followed cunningly devised
fables, when we made known unto you the power and
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were
eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17 For he received from God the Father honour and
glory, when there came such a voice to him from
the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased.
18 And this voice which came from heaven we
heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy;
whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a
light that shineth in a dark place, until the day
dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the
scripture is of any private interpretation.
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the
will of man: but holy men of God spake as they
were moved by the Holy Ghost.
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