New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Peter 1:1-13

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 11our Lord, 3for His 12divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true 13knowledge of Him who 14called us 15by His own glory and 16excellence. 4Through 17these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent 18promises, so that by them you may become 19partakers of the divine nature, having 20escaped the 21corruption that is in 22the world on account of lust. 5Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith 23supply 24moral 25excellence, and in your moral excellence, 26knowledge, 6and in your knowledge, 27self-control, and in your self-control, 28perseverance, and in your perseverance, 29godliness, 7and in your godliness, 30brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they do not make you useless nor 31unproductive in the true 32knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9For the one who lacks these qualities is 33blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his 34purification from his former sins. 10Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more diligent to make certain about His 35calling and 36choice of you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never 37stumble; 11for in this way the entrance into 38the eternal kingdom of our 39Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be 40abundantly 41supplied to you.

12Therefore, 42I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them and have been established in 43the truth which is present with you. 13I consider it 44right, as long as I am in 45this earthly 46dwelling, to 47stir you up by way of reminder,

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Notes

1. 2 Peter 1:1 One early ms 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 1:2 Or our Lord. Since His...excellence, through these (vv 3-4) ↩
12. 2 Peter 1:3 1 Pet 1:5 ↩
13. 2 Peter 1:3 John 17:3; Phil 3:8; 2 Pet 1:2, 8; 2:20; 3:18 ↩
14. 2 Peter 1:3 1 Thess 2:12; 2 Thess 2:14; 1 Pet 5:10 ↩
15. 2 Peter 1:3 Or to ↩
16. 2 Peter 1:3 Or virtue ↩
17. 2 Peter 1:4 Lit which ↩
18. 2 Peter 1:4 2 Pet 3:9, 13 ↩
19. 2 Peter 1:4 Eph 4:13, 24; Heb 12:10; 1 John 3:2 ↩
20. 2 Peter 1:4 2 Pet 2:18, 20 ↩
21. 2 Peter 1:4 2 Pet 2:19 ↩
22. 2 Peter 1:4 James 1:27 ↩
23. 2 Peter 1:5 2 Pet 1:11 ↩
24. 2 Peter 1:5 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
25. 2 Peter 1:5 Or virtue ↩
26. 2 Peter 1:5 Col 2:3; 2 Pet 1:2 ↩
27. 2 Peter 1:6 Acts 24:25 ↩
28. 2 Peter 1:6 Luke 21:19 ↩
29. 2 Peter 1:6 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
30. 2 Peter 1:7 Rom 12:10; 1 Pet 1:22 ↩
31. 2 Peter 1:8 Col 1:10 ↩
32. 2 Peter 1:8 John 17:3; Phil 3:8; 2 Pet 1:2, 3; 2:20; 3:18 ↩
33. 2 Peter 1:9 1 John 2:11 ↩
34. 2 Peter 1:9 Eph 5:26; Titus 2:14 ↩
35. 2 Peter 1:10 Matt 22:14; Rom 11:29; 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
36. 2 Peter 1:10 1 Thess 1:4 ↩
37. 2 Peter 1:10 James 2:10; 2 Pet 3:17; Jude 24 ↩
38. 2 Peter 1:11 2 Tim 4:18 ↩
39. 2 Peter 1:11 2 Pet 2:20; 3:18 ↩
40. 2 Peter 1:11 Rom 2:4; 1 Tim 6:17 ↩
41. 2 Peter 1:11 2 Pet 1:5 ↩
42. 2 Peter 1:12 Phil 3:1; 1 John 2:21; Jude 5 ↩
43. 2 Peter 1:12 Col 1:5f; 2 John 2 ↩
44. 2 Peter 1:13 Phil 1:7 ↩
45. 2 Peter 1:13 2 Cor 5:1, 4; 2 Pet 1:14 ↩
46. 2 Peter 1:13 I.e., human body ↩
47. 2 Peter 1:13 2 Pet 3:1 ↩

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