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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Peter 1 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_peter/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_peter/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > 2 Peter 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div 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">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/2_peter/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="opening"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,</p><p class="opening">To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:</p> <p class="opening"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Confirming One’s Calling and Election</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 a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. <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 very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, 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 in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore, my brothers and sisters, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God's family.">a</a></sup></span> make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Prophecy of Scripture</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to 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 after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Matt. 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35">b</a></sup></span> <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 sacred mountain.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark 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>Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Greek word for <i>brothers and sisters</i> (<i>adelphoi</i>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotebot">Matt. 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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