61_2PE_01_01 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 :
61_2PE_01_02 grace And peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God , And of Jesus our LORD ,
61_2PE_01_03 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 :
61_2PE_01_04 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 .
61_2PE_01_05 And beside this , giving all diligence , add to your faith virtue ; And to virtue knowledge ;
61_2PE_01_06 And to knowledge temperance ; And to temperance patience ; And to patience godliness ;
61_2PE_01_07 And to godliness brotherly kindness ; And to brotherly kindness charity .
61_2PE_01_08 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 .
61_2PE_01_09 but he that lacketh These things Is blind , And cannot see afar off , And hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins .
61_2PE_01_10 Wherefore the rather , brethren , give diligence to make your calling And election sure : for if ye do These things , ye shall never fall :
61_2PE_01_11 for So an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our LORD And Saviour Jesus Christ .
61_2PE_01_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 .
61_2PE_01_13 yea , I think it meet , as long as I am in this tabernacle , to stir you up by putting [ you ] in remembrance ;
61_2PE_01_14 knowing that shortly I must put off [ this ] my tabernacle , even as our LORD Jesus Christ hath showed me .
61_2PE_01_15 moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have These things always in remembrance .
61_2PE_01_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 .
61_2PE_01_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 .
61_2PE_01_18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard , when we were with him in the holy mount .
61_2PE_01_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 :
61_2PE_01_20 knowing this first , that no prophecy of the scripture Is of any private interpretation .
61_2PE_01_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 .