New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Peter 1:1-9

1 1Simon 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: 2 9Grace 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. 4 16For 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.

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Notes

1. 2 Peter 1:1 Two early mss read Simeon ↩
2. 2 Peter 1:1 Rom 1:1; Phil 1:1; James 1:1; Jude 1 ↩
3. 2 Peter 1:1 1 Pet 1:1 ↩
4. 2 Peter 1:1 Rom 1:12; 2 Cor 4:13; Titus 1:4 ↩
5. 2 Peter 1:1 Or value ↩
6. 2 Peter 1:1 Or in ↩
7. 2 Peter 1:1 Rom 3:21-26 ↩
8. 2 Peter 1:1 Titus 2:13 ↩
9. 2 Peter 1:2 Rom 1:7; 1 Pet 1:2 ↩
10. 2 Peter 1:2 John 17:3; Phil 3:8; 2 Pet 1:3, 8; 2:20; 3:18 ↩
11. 2 Peter 1:3 1 Pet 1:5 ↩
12. 2 Peter 1:3 John 17:3; Phil 3:8; 2 Pet 1:2, 8; 2:20; 3:18 ↩
13. 2 Peter 1:3 1 Thess 2:12; 2 Thess 2:14; 1 Pet 5:10 ↩
14. 2 Peter 1:3 Or to ↩
15. 2 Peter 1:3 Or virtue ↩
16. 2 Peter 1:4 Lit Through which (things) ↩
17. 2 Peter 1:4 2 Pet 3:9, 13 ↩
18. 2 Peter 1:4 Eph 4:13, 24; Heb 12:10; 1 John 3:2 ↩
19. 2 Peter 1:4 2 Pet 2:18, 20 ↩
20. 2 Peter 1:4 2 Pet 2:19 ↩
21. 2 Peter 1:4 James 1:27 ↩
22. 2 Peter 1:5 2 Pet 1:11 ↩
23. 2 Peter 1:5 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
24. 2 Peter 1:5 Or virtue ↩
25. 2 Peter 1:5 Col 2:3; 2 Pet 1:2 ↩
26. 2 Peter 1:6 Acts 24:25 ↩
27. 2 Peter 1:6 Luke 21:19 ↩
28. 2 Peter 1:6 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
29. 2 Peter 1:7 Rom 12:10; 1 Pet 1:22 ↩
30. 2 Peter 1:8 Col 1:10 ↩
31. 2 Peter 1:8 John 17:3; Phil 3:8; 2 Pet 1:2, 3; 2:20; 3:18 ↩
32. 2 Peter 1:9 1 John 2:11 ↩
33. 2 Peter 1:9 Eph 5:26; Titus 2:14 ↩

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