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<span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience godliness; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.</p> <p class="hdg">Remember These Things</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things even after my departure.</p> <a name="16" id="16"></a><p class="hdg">We were Eyewitnesses<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/17.htm">Matthew 17:1-13</a>; <a href="../mark/9.htm">Mark 9:1-13</a>; <a href="../luke/9.htm#28">Luke 9:28-36</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. 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