New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Peter 1:5-21

5Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith 1supply 2moral 3excellence, and in your moral excellence, 4knowledge, 6and in your knowledge, 5self-control, and in your self-control, 6perseverance, and in your perseverance, 7godliness, 7and in your godliness, 8brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor 9unfruitful in the true 10knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9For he who lacks these qualities is 11blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his 12purification from his former sins. 10Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His 13calling and 14choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never 15stumble; 11for in this way the entrance into 16the eternal kingdom of our 17Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be 18abundantly 19supplied to you.

12Therefore, 20I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in 21the truth which is present with you. 13I consider it 22right, as long as I am in 23this earthly dwelling, to 24stir you up by way of reminder, 14knowing that 25the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, 26as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. 15And I will also be diligent that at any time after my 27departure you will be able to call these things to mind.

16For we did not follow cleverly devised 28tales when we made known to you the 29power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were 30eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an 31 32utterance as this was 33made to Him by the 34Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”-- 18and we ourselves heard this 35utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the 36holy mountain.

19 37So we have 38the prophetic word made more 39sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to 40a lamp shining in a dark place, until the 41day dawns and the 42morning star arises 43in your hearts. 20But 44know this first of all, that 45no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, 21for 46no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men 47moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

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Notes

1. 2 Peter 1:5 2 Pet 1:11 ↩
2. 2 Peter 1:5 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
3. 2 Peter 1:5 Or virtue ↩
4. 2 Peter 1:5 Col 2:3; 2 Pet 1:2 ↩
5. 2 Peter 1:6 Acts 24:25 ↩
6. 2 Peter 1:6 Luke 21:19 ↩
7. 2 Peter 1:6 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
8. 2 Peter 1:7 Rom 12:10; 1 Pet 1:22 ↩
9. 2 Peter 1:8 Col 1:10 ↩
10. 2 Peter 1:8 John 17:3; Phil 3:8; 2 Pet 1:2, 3; 2:20; 3:18 ↩
11. 2 Peter 1:9 1 John 2:11 ↩
12. 2 Peter 1:9 Eph 5:26; Titus 2:14 ↩
13. 2 Peter 1:10 Matt 22:14; Rom 11:29; 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
14. 2 Peter 1:10 1 Thess 1:4 ↩
15. 2 Peter 1:10 James 2:10; 2 Pet 3:17; Jude 24 ↩
16. 2 Peter 1:11 2 Tim 4:18 ↩
17. 2 Peter 1:11 2 Pet 2:20; 3:18 ↩
18. 2 Peter 1:11 Rom 2:4; 1 Tim 6:17 ↩
19. 2 Peter 1:11 2 Pet 1:5 ↩
20. 2 Peter 1:12 Phil 3:1; 1 John 2:21; Jude 5 ↩
21. 2 Peter 1:12 Col 1:5f; 2 John 2 ↩
22. 2 Peter 1:13 Phil 1:7 ↩
23. 2 Peter 1:13 2 Cor 5:1, 4; 2 Pet 1:14 ↩
24. 2 Peter 1:13 2 Pet 3:1 ↩
25. 2 Peter 1:14 2 Cor 5:1; 2 Tim 4:6 ↩
26. 2 Peter 1:14 John 13:36; 21:19 ↩
27. 2 Peter 1:15 Luke 9:31 ↩
28. 2 Peter 1:16 1 Tim 1:4; 2 Pet 2:3 ↩
29. 2 Peter 1:16 Mark 13:26; 14:62; 1 Thess 2:19 ↩
30. 2 Peter 1:16 Matt 17:1ff; Mark 9:2ff; Luke 9:28ff ↩
31. 2 Peter 1:17 Lit voice ↩
32. 2 Peter 1:17 Matt 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35 ↩
33. 2 Peter 1:17 Lit brought ↩
34. 2 Peter 1:17 Heb 1:3 ↩
35. 2 Peter 1:18 Lit voice brought ↩
36. 2 Peter 1:18 Ex 3:5; Josh 5:15 ↩
37. 2 Peter 1:19 Or We have the even more sure prophetic word ↩
38. 2 Peter 1:19 1 Pet 1:10f ↩
39. 2 Peter 1:19 Heb 2:2 ↩
40. 2 Peter 1:19 Ps 119:105 ↩
41. 2 Peter 1:19 Luke 1:78 ↩
42. 2 Peter 1:19 Rev 22:16 ↩
43. 2 Peter 1:19 2 Cor 4:6 ↩
44. 2 Peter 1:20 2 Pet 3:3 ↩
45. 2 Peter 1:20 Rom 12:6 ↩
46. 2 Peter 1:21 Jer 23:26; 2 Tim 3:16 ↩
47. 2 Peter 1:21 2 Sam 23:2; Luke 1:70; Acts 1:16; 3:18; 1 Pet 1:11 ↩

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