New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Peter 1:6-21

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

12Therefore, 16I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in 17the truth which is present with you. 13I consider it 18right, as long as I am in 19this earthly dwelling, to 20stir you up by way of reminder, 14knowing that 21the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, 22as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. 15And I will also be diligent that at any time after my 23departure you will be able to call these things to mind.

16For we did not follow cleverly devised 24tales when we made known to you the 25power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were 26eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an 27 28utterance as this was 29made to Him by the 30Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”-- 18and we ourselves heard this 31utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the 32holy mountain.

19 33So we have 34the prophetic word made more 35sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to 36a lamp shining in a dark place, until the 37day dawns and the 38morning star arises 39in your hearts. 20But 40know this first of all, that 41no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, 21for 42no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men 43moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

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Notes

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

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