New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Peter 1:1-9

1 1SimonG4613 PeterG4074, a 2bond-servantG1401 and 3apostleG652 of JesusG2424 ChristG5547,

To thoseG3588 who have receivedG2975 4a faithG4102 of theG2472 sameG2472 5kindG2472 as oursG1473, 6by 7the righteousnessG1343 of 8our GodG2316 and SaviorG4990, JesusG2424 ChristG5547: 2 9GraceG5485 and peaceG1515 be multipliedG4129 to you in 10the knowledgeG1922 of GodG2316 and of JesusG2424 11our LordG2962, 3for His 12divineG2304 powerG1411 has grantedG1433 to us everythingG3956 pertainingG4314 to lifeG2222 and godlinessG2150, throughG1223 the trueG1922 13knowledgeG1922 of Him who 14calledG2564 us 15by His ownG2398 gloryG1391 and 16excellenceG703. 4Through 17theseG3739 He has grantedG1433 to us His preciousG5093 and magnificentG3176 18promisesG1862, soG2443 thatG2443 by them you may becomeG1096 19partakersG2844 of the divineG2304 natureG5449, having 20escapedG668 the 21corruptionG5356 that is in 22the worldG2889 onG1722 accountG1722 ofG1722 lustG1939. 5NowG1161 for thisG3778 veryG846 reason alsoG2532, applyingG3923 allG3956 diligenceG4710, in your faithG4102 23supplyG2023 24moralG703 25excellenceG703, and in your moralG703 excellenceG703, 26knowledgeG1108, 6and in your knowledgeG1108, 27self-controlG1466, and in your self-controlG1466, 28perseveranceG5281, and in your perseveranceG5281, 29godlinessG2150, 7and in your godlinessG2150, 30brotherlyG5360 kindnessG5360, and in your brotherlyG5360 kindnessG5360, loveG26. 8For if theseG3778 qualities are yoursG4771 and are increasingG4121, they do not makeG2525 you uselessG692 norG3761 31unproductiveG175 in the trueG1922 32knowledgeG1922 of our LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547. 9For the one whoG3739 lacksG3361 G3918 theseG3778 qualities is 33blindG5185 or short-sightedG3467, having forgottenG2983 G3024 his 34purificationG2512 from his formerG3819 sinsG266.

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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 ↩

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