| Chapter
1 |
| 1 | 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: |
| 2 | Grace and
peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our
Lord, |
| 3 | 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: |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | And
beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue
knowledge; |
| 6 | And to
knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience
godliness; |
| 7 | And to
godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. |
| 8 | 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. |
|
9 | But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar
off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. |
| 10 | Wherefore the rather, brethren, give
diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye
shall never fall: |
| 11 | For
so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting
kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. |
| 12 | 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. |
| 13 | Yea, I
think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting
you in remembrance; |
| 14 |
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus
Christ hath shewed me. |
| 15 |
Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have
these things always in remembrance. |
|
16 | 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. |
| 17
| 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. |
| 18 | And
this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy
mount. |
| 19 | 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: |
| 20 |
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private
interpretation. |
| 21 | 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. |
