New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Peter 1:12-21

12Therefore, 1I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them and have been established in 2the truth which is present with you. 13I consider it 3right, as long as I am in 4this earthly 5dwelling, to 6stir you up by way of reminder, 14knowing that 7the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, 8as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. 15And I will also be diligent that at any time after my 9departure you will be able to call these things to mind.

16For we did not follow cleverly devised 10tales when we made known to you the 11power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were 12eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such a 13 14declaration as this was made to Him by the 15Majestic Glory: “This is 16My beloved Son with whom I am well pleased”-- 18and we ourselves heard this 17declaration made from heaven when we were with Him on the 18holy mountain.

19And so we have 19the prophetic word made more 20sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to 21a lamp shining in a dark place, until the 22day dawns and the 23morning star arises 24in your hearts. 20But 25know this first of all, that 26no prophecy of Scripture 27becomes a matter of 28someone’s own interpretation, 21for 29no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men 30moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

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Notes

1. 2 Peter 1:12 Phil 3:1; 1 John 2:21; Jude 5 ↩
2. 2 Peter 1:12 Col 1:5f; 2 John 2 ↩
3. 2 Peter 1:13 Phil 1:7 ↩
4. 2 Peter 1:13 2 Cor 5:1, 4; 2 Pet 1:14 ↩
5. 2 Peter 1:13 I.e., human body ↩
6. 2 Peter 1:13 2 Pet 3:1 ↩
7. 2 Peter 1:14 2 Cor 5:1; 2 Tim 4:6 ↩
8. 2 Peter 1:14 John 13:36; 21:19 ↩
9. 2 Peter 1:15 Luke 9:31 ↩
10. 2 Peter 1:16 1 Tim 1:4; 2 Pet 2:3 ↩
11. 2 Peter 1:16 Mark 13:26; 14:62; 1 Thess 2:19 ↩
12. 2 Peter 1:16 Matt 17:1ff; Mark 9:2ff; Luke 9:28ff ↩
13. 2 Peter 1:17 Lit voice ↩
14. 2 Peter 1:17 Matt 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35 ↩
15. 2 Peter 1:17 Heb 1:3 ↩
16. 2 Peter 1:17 Or My Son, My beloved, with ↩
17. 2 Peter 1:18 Lit voice ↩
18. 2 Peter 1:18 Ex 3:5; Josh 5:15 ↩
19. 2 Peter 1:19 1 Pet 1:10f ↩
20. 2 Peter 1:19 Heb 2:2 ↩
21. 2 Peter 1:19 Ps 119:105 ↩
22. 2 Peter 1:19 Luke 1:78 ↩
23. 2 Peter 1:19 Rev 22:16 ↩
24. 2 Peter 1:19 2 Cor 4:6 ↩
25. 2 Peter 1:20 2 Pet 3:3 ↩
26. 2 Peter 1:20 Rom 12:6 ↩
27. 2 Peter 1:20 Or comes from someone’s ↩
28. 2 Peter 1:20 Or the prophet’s own ↩
29. 2 Peter 1:21 Jer 23:26; 2 Tim 3:16 ↩
30. 2 Peter 1:21 2 Sam 23:2; Luke 1:70; Acts 1:16; 3:18; 1 Pet 1:11 ↩

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