1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtainedaRom. 1:12; 2 Cor. 4:13; Titus 1:4 a faith of equal standing with oursbRom. 3:21-26 by the righteousness of ourcTitus 2:13 God and Savior Jesus Christ:
2 d1 Pet. 1:2; Jude 2 May grace and peace be multiplied to youever. 3, 8; ch. 2:20; [John 17:3; Phil. 3:8] in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of himf[1 Thess. 2:12; 2 Thess. 2:14; 2 Tim. 1:9; 1 Pet. 5:10] who called us to1Or by his own glory and excellence,2Or virtue 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may becomeg[Eph. 4:24; Heb. 12:10; 1 John 3:2] partakers of the divine nature,hch. 2:18, 20 having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. 5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faithiPhil. 4:8 with virtue,1Or excellence; twice in this verse and virtuej1 Pet. 3:7 with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-controlkSee Heb. 10:36; James 1:3 with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godlinesslSee Heb. 13:1 with brotherly affection, and brotherly affectionm1 Cor. 13; 1 John 4:16 with love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective ornSee John 15:2; Titus 3:14 unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that heoJob 5:14; 12:25; Isa. 59:10; Zeph. 1:17; [1 John 2:9-11] is blind, having forgotten that he waspEph. 5:26; Titus 2:14; Heb. 9:14; 1 John 1:7; Rev. 7:14 cleansed from his former sins. 10 Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling andq1 Thess. 1:4 election sure, for if you practice these qualitiesr[ch. 3:17; 1 John 2:10] you will never fall. 11 For in this way there will be richly provided for yousCol. 1:13; [Acts 14:22] an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
12 Therefore I intendtJude 5; [Rom. 15:14, 15; Phil. 3:1; 1 John 2:21] always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established inu2 John 2 the truth that you have. 13 I think it right, as long as I am in thisv2 Cor. 5:1, 4 body,wch. 3:1 to stir you up by way of reminder, 14 x[Deut. 4:21, 22; 31:14; 2 Tim. 4:6] since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon,yJohn 21:18, 19 as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. 15 And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.
16 For we did not followzSee 1 Cor. 1:17 cleverly devisedaSee 1 Tim. 1:4 myths when we made known to youb1 Cor. 2:4 the power andcSee 1 Thess. 2:19 coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, butdMatt. 17:1, 2, 6; Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28, 29; John 1:14 we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory,eMatt. 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35; [Matt. 3:17] “This is my beloved Son,1Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved with whom I am well pleased, ” 18 we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him onf[Ex. 3:5; Josh. 5:15] the holy mountain. 19 AndgSee 1 Pet. 1:10 we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attentionhPs. 119:105; John 5:35 as to a lamp shining in a dark place, untiliRev. 2:28; 22:16; [Mal. 4:2] the dayj2 Cor. 4:6 dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, 20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. 21 Fork2 Tim. 3:16 no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from Godl1 Pet. 1:11; [2 Sam. 23:2; Luke 1:70; Acts 1:16; 3:18] as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.