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New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Peter 1

Growth in Christian Virtue

11Simon Peter, a 2bond-servant and 3apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who have received 4a faith of the same 5kind as ours, 6by 7the righteousness of 8our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 29Grace and peace be multiplied to you in 10the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3seeing that His 11divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true 12knowledge of Him who 13called us 14by His own glory and 15excellence. 416For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent 17promises, so that by them you may become 18partakers of the divine nature, having 19escaped the 20corruption that is in 21the world by lust. 5Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith 22supply 23moral 24excellence, and in your moral excellence, 25knowledge, 6and in your knowledge, 26self-control, and in your self-control, 27perseverance, and in your perseverance, 28godliness, 7and in your godliness, 29brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor 30unfruitful in the true 31knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9For he who lacks these qualities is 32blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his 33purification from his former sins. 10Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His 34calling and 35choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never 36stumble; 11for in this way the entrance into 37the eternal kingdom of our 38Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be 39abundantly 40supplied to you.

12Therefore, 41I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in 42the truth which is present with you. 13I consider it 43right, as long as I am in 44this earthly dwelling, to 45stir you up by way of reminder, 14knowing that 46the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, 47as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. 15And I will also be diligent that at any time after my 48departure you will be able to call these things to mind.

Eyewitnesses

16For we did not follow cleverly devised 49tales when we made known to you the 50power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were 51eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an 5253utterance as this was 54made to Him by the 55Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”-- 18and we ourselves heard this 56utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the 57holy mountain.

1958So we have 59the prophetic word made more 60sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to 61a lamp shining in a dark place, until the 62day dawns and the 63morning star arises 64in your hearts. 20But 65know this first of all, that 66no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, 21for 67no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men 68moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

Notes

  1. 1. 2 Peter 1:1 Two early mss read Simeon ↩
  2. 2. 2 Peter 1:1 Rom 1:1; Phil 1:1; James 1:1; Jude 1 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Peter 1:1 1 Pet 1:1 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Peter 1:1 Rom 1:12; 2 Cor 4:13; Titus 1:4 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Peter 1:1 Or value ↩
  6. 6. 2 Peter 1:1 Or in ↩
  7. 7. 2 Peter 1:1 Rom 3:21-26 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Peter 1:1 Titus 2:13 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Peter 1:2 Rom 1:7; 1 Pet 1:2 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Peter 1:2 John 17:3; Phil 3:8; 2 Pet 1:3, 8; 2:20; 3:18 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Peter 1:3 1 Pet 1:5 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Peter 1:3 John 17:3; Phil 3:8; 2 Pet 1:2, 8; 2:20; 3:18 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Peter 1:3 1 Thess 2:12; 2 Thess 2:14; 1 Pet 5:10 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Peter 1:3 Or to ↩
  15. 15. 2 Peter 1:3 Or virtue ↩
  16. 16. 2 Peter 1:4 Lit Through which (things) ↩
  17. 17. 2 Peter 1:4 2 Pet 3:9, 13 ↩
  18. 18. 2 Peter 1:4 Eph 4:13, 24; Heb 12:10; 1 John 3:2 ↩
  19. 19. 2 Peter 1:4 2 Pet 2:18, 20 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Peter 1:4 2 Pet 2:19 ↩
  21. 21. 2 Peter 1:4 James 1:27 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Peter 1:5 2 Pet 1:11 ↩
  23. 23. 2 Peter 1:5 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
  24. 24. 2 Peter 1:5 Or virtue ↩
  25. 25. 2 Peter 1:5 Col 2:3; 2 Pet 1:2 ↩
  26. 26. 2 Peter 1:6 Acts 24:25 ↩
  27. 27. 2 Peter 1:6 Luke 21:19 ↩
  28. 28. 2 Peter 1:6 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
  29. 29. 2 Peter 1:7 Rom 12:10; 1 Pet 1:22 ↩
  30. 30. 2 Peter 1:8 Col 1:10 ↩
  31. 31. 2 Peter 1:8 John 17:3; Phil 3:8; 2 Pet 1:2, 3; 2:20; 3:18 ↩
  32. 32. 2 Peter 1:9 1 John 2:11 ↩
  33. 33. 2 Peter 1:9 Eph 5:26; Titus 2:14 ↩
  34. 34. 2 Peter 1:10 Matt 22:14; Rom 11:29; 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
  35. 35. 2 Peter 1:10 1 Thess 1:4 ↩
  36. 36. 2 Peter 1:10 James 2:10; 2 Pet 3:17; Jude 24 ↩
  37. 37. 2 Peter 1:11 2 Tim 4:18 ↩
  38. 38. 2 Peter 1:11 2 Pet 2:20; 3:18 ↩
  39. 39. 2 Peter 1:11 Rom 2:4; 1 Tim 6:17 ↩
  40. 40. 2 Peter 1:11 2 Pet 1:5 ↩
  41. 41. 2 Peter 1:12 Phil 3:1; 1 John 2:21; Jude 5 ↩
  42. 42. 2 Peter 1:12 Col 1:5f; 2 John 2 ↩
  43. 43. 2 Peter 1:13 Phil 1:7 ↩
  44. 44. 2 Peter 1:13 2 Cor 5:1, 4; 2 Pet 1:14 ↩
  45. 45. 2 Peter 1:13 2 Pet 3:1 ↩
  46. 46. 2 Peter 1:14 2 Cor 5:1; 2 Tim 4:6 ↩
  47. 47. 2 Peter 1:14 John 13:36; 21:19 ↩
  48. 48. 2 Peter 1:15 Luke 9:31 ↩
  49. 49. 2 Peter 1:16 1 Tim 1:4; 2 Pet 2:3 ↩
  50. 50. 2 Peter 1:16 Mark 13:26; 14:62; 1 Thess 2:19 ↩
  51. 51. 2 Peter 1:16 Matt 17:1ff; Mark 9:2ff; Luke 9:28ff ↩
  52. 52. 2 Peter 1:17 Lit voice ↩
  53. 53. 2 Peter 1:17 Matt 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35 ↩
  54. 54. 2 Peter 1:17 Lit brought ↩
  55. 55. 2 Peter 1:17 Heb 1:3 ↩
  56. 56. 2 Peter 1:18 Lit voice brought ↩
  57. 57. 2 Peter 1:18 Ex 3:5; Josh 5:15 ↩
  58. 58. 2 Peter 1:19 Or We have the even more sure prophetic word ↩
  59. 59. 2 Peter 1:19 1 Pet 1:10f ↩
  60. 60. 2 Peter 1:19 Heb 2:2 ↩
  61. 61. 2 Peter 1:19 Ps 119:105 ↩
  62. 62. 2 Peter 1:19 Luke 1:78 ↩
  63. 63. 2 Peter 1:19 Rev 22:16 ↩
  64. 64. 2 Peter 1:19 2 Cor 4:6 ↩
  65. 65. 2 Peter 1:20 2 Pet 3:3 ↩
  66. 66. 2 Peter 1:20 Rom 12:6 ↩
  67. 67. 2 Peter 1:21 Jer 23:26; 2 Tim 3:16 ↩
  68. 68. 2 Peter 1:21 2 Sam 23:2; Luke 1:70; Acts 1:16; 3:18; 1 Pet 1:11 ↩

Commentaries on 2 Peter 1

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