2 Peter 1 — LSV
1Verse 1Simeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who obtained an equally precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:Verse 2Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the acknowledgment of God and of Jesus our Lord!Verse 3As His divine power has given to us all things pertaining to life and piety, through the acknowledgment of Him who called us through glory and virtue,Verse 4through which the most great and precious promises have been given to us, that through these you may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption [and] lust in the world.Verse 5And [for] this same [reason] also, having brought in all diligence, supplement your faith with virtue, and with virtue—knowledge,Verse 6and with knowledge—self-control, and with self-control—endurance, and with endurance—piety,Verse 7and with piety—brotherly kindness, and with brotherly kindness—love;Verse 8for these things being in you and abounding, make [you] neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ,Verse 9for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins;Verse 10therefore, rather, brothers, be diligent to make steadfast your calling and [divine] selection, for doing these things you may never stumble;Verse 11in this way the entrance into the continuous kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplemented to you.Verse 12Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you about these things, although you have known [them] and have been established in the present truth,Verse 13and I think right, so long as I am in this tent, to stir you up in reminding [you],Verse 14having known that the laying aside of my tent is soon, even as our Lord Jesus Christ also showed to me.Verse 15And I will also be diligent [to ensure] that you always have a remembrance to make of these things after my departure.Verse 16For having not followed out skillfully devised fables, we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having become eyewitnesses of His majesty—Verse 17for having received honor and glory from God the Father, such a voice being borne to Him by the Excellent Glory: “This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I delighted”;Verse 18and we heard this voice borne out of Heaven, being with Him at the holy mountain.Verse 19And we have a more firm prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until day may dawn, and [the] morning star may arise in your hearts;Verse 20knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Writing comes of private exposition,Verse 21for prophecy never came by [the] will of man, but men spoke from God, being brought by the Holy Spirit.