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The Second General Epistle of Peter
The Second General Epistle of Peter, Chapter 1
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Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them
that have obtained like precious faith with us through the
righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
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Grace and peace
be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our
Lord,
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According as his divine power hath given unto us all things
that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him
that hath called us to glory and virtue:
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Whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be
partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is
in the world through lust.
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And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue;
and to virtue knowledge;
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And to knowledge temperance; and to
temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
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And to godliness
brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
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For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye
shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
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But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar
off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
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Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your
calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never
fall:
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For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly
into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in
remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established
in the present truth.
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Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir
you up by putting you in remembrance;
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Knowing that shortly I must
put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed
me.
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Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to
have these things always in remembrance.
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For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made
known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were
eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there
came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved
Son, in whom I am well pleased.
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And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with
him in the holy mount.
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We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well
that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until
the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
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Knowing this
first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private
interpretation.
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For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but
holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
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