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id="topheading"><a href="../1_peter/5.htm" title="1 Peter 5">◄</a> 2 Peter 1 <a href="../2_peter/2.htm" title="2 Peter 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/2_peter/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Greetings</p><p class="reg marginbot"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>From:<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 The Gk. lacks From">a</a></span> Simeon<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 Other mss. read Simon">b</a></span> Peter, a servant<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 Or slave">c</a></span> and apostle of Jesus, the Messiah.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 Or Christ">d</a></span> </p> <p class="reg">To: Those who have received faith that is as valuable as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 Or Christ">e</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>May grace and peace be yours in abundance through full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!</p> <p class="heading">We are Called to Holy Living</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the full knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Through these he has given us his precious and wonderful promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, seeing that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world caused by evil desires. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>your knowledge with self-control, your self-control with endurance, your endurance with godliness, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>your godliness with brotherly kindness, and your brotherly kindness with love. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For if you possess these qualities, and if they continue to increase among you, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in attaining a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:8 Or Christ">f</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For the person who lacks these qualities is blind and shortsighted, and has forgotten the cleansing that he has received from his past sins.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So then, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election certain, for if you keep on doing this you will never fail. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For in this way you will be generously granted entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:11 Or Christ">g</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore, I intend to keep on reminding you about these things, even though you already know them and are firmly established in the truth that you now have. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Yet I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I am living in this bodily tent, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>because I know that the removal of my bodily tent will come soon, as indeed our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:14 Or Christ">h</a></span> has shown me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And I will make every effort to see that you will always remember these things after I am gone.</p> <p class="heading">Pay Attention to God’s Word</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:16 Or Christ">i</a></span> we did not follow any clever myths. Rather, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For he received honor and glory from God the Father when these words from the Majestic Glory were spoken about him: “This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Therefore we regard the message of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp that is shining in a gloomy place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>First of all, you must understand this: No prophecy in Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>because no prophecy ever originated through a human decision. 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