1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
1:2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
1:3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
1:4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
1:5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
1:6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
1:7 and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
1:8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:9 But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
1:10 Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall,
1:11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
1:12 So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.
1:13 I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,
1:14 because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
1:15 And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.
1:16 We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
1:17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
1:18 We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.
1:19 And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
1:20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation.
1:21 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
1:1 Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have been allotted faith equally precious as ours in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
1:2 Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
1:3 Seeing that His divine power has granted to us all things which relate to life and godliness, through the full knowledge of Him who has called us by His own glory and virtue,
1:4 Through which He has granted to us precious and exceedingly great promises that through these you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption which is in the world by lust.
1:5 And for this very reason also, adding all diligence, supply bountifully in your faith virtue; and in virtue, knowledge;
1:6 And in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control, endurance; and in endurance, godliness;
1:7 And in godliness, brotherly love; and in brotherly love, love.
1:8 For these things, existing in you and abounding, constitute you neither idle nor unfruitful unto the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:9 For he in whom these things are not present is blind, being shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his past sins.
1:10 Therefore, brothers, be the more diligent to make your calling and selection firm, for doing these things you shall by no means ever stumble.
1:11 For in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly and bountifully supplied to you.
1:12 Therefore I will be ready always to remind you concerning these things, even though you know them and have been established in the present truth.
1:13 And I consider it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by a reminder,
1:14 Knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is imminent, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
1:15 Moreover I will also be diligent that you may be able, after my exodus, to bring these things to mind at all times.
1:16 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 became eyewitnesses of that One s majesty.
1:17 For He received from God the Father honor and glory, a voice such as this being borne to Him by the magnificent glory: This is My Son, My Beloved, in whom I delight.
1:18 And this voice we heard being borne out of heaven while we were with Him in the holy mountain.
1:19 And we have the prophetic word made more firm, to which you do well to give heed as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;
1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of one s own interpretation;
1:21 For no prophecy was ever borne by the will of man, but men spoke from God while being borne by the Holy Spirit.