New American Standard Bible 2020

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 do not make you useless nor 5unproductive in the true 6knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9For the one who lacks these qualities is 7blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his 8purification from his former sins. 10Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more diligent to make certain about His 9calling and 10choice of 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 20dwelling, to 21stir you up by way of reminder, 14knowing that 22the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, 23as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. 15And I will also be diligent that at any time after my 24departure you will be able to call these things to mind.

16For we did not follow cleverly devised 25tales when we made known to you the 26power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were 27eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such a 28 29declaration as this was made to Him by the 30Majestic Glory: “This is 31My beloved Son with whom I am well pleased”-- 18and we ourselves heard this 32declaration made from heaven when we were with Him on the 33holy mountain.

19And so 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 42becomes a matter of 43someone’s own interpretation, 21for 44no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men 45moved 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 I.e., human body ↩
21. 2 Peter 1:13 2 Pet 3:1 ↩
22. 2 Peter 1:14 2 Cor 5:1; 2 Tim 4:6 ↩
23. 2 Peter 1:14 John 13:36; 21:19 ↩
24. 2 Peter 1:15 Luke 9:31 ↩
25. 2 Peter 1:16 1 Tim 1:4; 2 Pet 2:3 ↩
26. 2 Peter 1:16 Mark 13:26; 14:62; 1 Thess 2:19 ↩
27. 2 Peter 1:16 Matt 17:1ff; Mark 9:2ff; Luke 9:28ff ↩
28. 2 Peter 1:17 Lit voice ↩
29. 2 Peter 1:17 Matt 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35 ↩
30. 2 Peter 1:17 Heb 1:3 ↩
31. 2 Peter 1:17 Or My Son, My beloved, with ↩
32. 2 Peter 1:18 Lit voice ↩
33. 2 Peter 1:18 Ex 3:5; Josh 5:15 ↩
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 1:20 Or comes from someone’s ↩
43. 2 Peter 1:20 Or the prophet’s own ↩
44. 2 Peter 1:21 Jer 23:26; 2 Tim 3:16 ↩
45. 2 Peter 1:21 2 Sam 23:2; Luke 1:70; Acts 1:16; 3:18; 1 Pet 1:11 ↩

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