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and to virtue knowledge; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For if these things be in you, and abound, they make <i>you that ye shall</i> neither <i>be</i> barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour 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>Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know <i>them</i>, and be established in the present truth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting <i>you</i> in remembrance; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Knowing that shortly I must put off <i>this</i> my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.</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 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake <i>as they were</i> moved by the Holy Ghost.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="http://www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_peter/5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Peter 5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Peter 5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_peter/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Peter 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Peter 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/2_peter/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div align="center"><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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