2 Peter 1 : King James Version
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1 1Simon 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: 2Grace
and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and
of Jesus our Lord, 3According 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: 4Whereby 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. 5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your
faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6And to knowledge
temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly
kindness charity. 8For 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. 9But he that
lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath
forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. 10Wherefore
the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and
election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
11For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly
into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12Wherefore 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. 13Yea, I think it meet, as long as
I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in
remembrance; 14Knowing that shortly I must put off this
my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. 15Moreover
I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these
things always in remembrance. 16For 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. 17For 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. 18And
this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in
the holy mount. 19We 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: 20Knowing this first, that no
prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21For
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.