Second Peter
1:1 Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of
Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained
an equally precious faith as ours through
the righteousness of our God and Savior
Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be yours
in abundance in the knowledge of God and
of Jesus our Lord.
3 His divine power has given us everything
1:1 Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of
Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained
an equally precious faith as ours through
the righteousness of our God and Savior
Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be yours
in abundance in the knowledge of God and
of Jesus our Lord.
3 His divine power has given us everything
needed for life and godliness, through the
knowledge of him who called us by his own
glory and goodness; 4 through which he has
given to us his precious and very great
promises; so that through these you may
become sharers of the divine nature, having
escaped from the corruption that is in the
world because of lust. 5 Also for this very
reason you must put forth every effort to
glory and goodness; 4 through which he has
given to us his precious and very great
promises; so that through these you may
become sharers of the divine nature, having
escaped from the corruption that is in the
world because of lust. 5 Also for this very
reason you must put forth every effort to
supplement the faith you have with
excellence, and the excellence with
knowledge, 6 and the knowledge with
self-control, and the self-control with
endurance, and the endurance with
godliness, 7 and the godliness with
brotherly affection and the brotherly
affection with love. 8 For if these things
are in you and increasing, they keep you
excellence, and the excellence with
knowledge, 6 and the knowledge with
self-control, and the self-control with
endurance, and the endurance with
godliness, 7 and the godliness with
brotherly affection and the brotherly
affection with love. 8 For if these things
are in you and increasing, they keep you
from being unproductive or unfruitful in
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 For the person who lacks these things is
nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten
the cleansing of his past sins. 10 Therefore,
instead of being like that, brothers and
sisters, you must make every effort to
confirm your calling and election: for if you
do these things, you will never stumble.
11 For in this way, the entrance into the
eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
12 Therefore, I intend to always remind
you about these things, though you know
them, and have been established in the
present truth. 13 And I think it right, as
long as I am in this body, to stir up your
memory, 14 knowing that the putting off
of my body will soon come, even as our
Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. 15 So,
I will make every effort so that after my
departure you may be able to recall these
things.
16 For we did not follow cleverly devised
myths when we made known to you the
power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17 For he received honor and glory from
God the Father, when a voice conveyed to
him by the Majestic Glory, said, "This is my
Son, my Beloved, with whom I am
well-pleased:" 18 and we ourselves heard
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 For the person who lacks these things is
nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten
the cleansing of his past sins. 10 Therefore,
instead of being like that, brothers and
sisters, you must make every effort to
confirm your calling and election: for if you
do these things, you will never stumble.
11 For in this way, the entrance into the
eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
12 Therefore, I intend to always remind
you about these things, though you know
them, and have been established in the
present truth. 13 And I think it right, as
long as I am in this body, to stir up your
memory, 14 knowing that the putting off
of my body will soon come, even as our
Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. 15 So,
I will make every effort so that after my
departure you may be able to recall these
things.
16 For we did not follow cleverly devised
myths when we made known to you the
power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17 For he received honor and glory from
God the Father, when a voice conveyed to
him by the Majestic Glory, said, "This is my
Son, my Beloved, with whom I am
well-pleased:" 18 and we ourselves heard
this voice from heaven, while we were with
him on the holy mountain. 19 And we have
the prophetic word more fully confirmed; to
which you do well to pay attention, as to a
lamp shining in a dark place, until the day
dawns and the morning star rises in your
hearts: 20 knowing this first, that no
prophecy of scripture was produced by
one's own interpretation, 21 for no prophecy
him on the holy mountain. 19 And we have
the prophetic word more fully confirmed; to
which you do well to pay attention, as to a
lamp shining in a dark place, until the day
dawns and the morning star rises in your
hearts: 20 knowing this first, that no
prophecy of scripture was produced by
one's own interpretation, 21 for no prophecy
ever came by the human will, but men spoke
from God, being carried along by the Holy
Spirit.
2:1 But there were also false prophets
among the people, as among you also there
will be false teachers, who will secretly bring
in destructive opinions, even denying the
Master who has bought them, bringing swift
destruction on themselves. 2 And many will
follow their morally corrupt ways; because of
whom the way of truth will be maligned.
3 And by covetousness they will exploit you
with fabricated words, but for them the
sentence pronounced long ago is waiting; it
is not idle and their destruction is not asleep.
4 For if God did not spare angels when
they sinned, but sent them to tartaros, and
committed them to chains of deepest gloom,
to be kept for judgment; 5 and he did not
spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah
the eighth one, a preacher of righteousness,
when he brought a flood on the world of the
ungodly; 6 and having reduced the cities of
Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, judged them
by complete devastation, making them an
example of what awaits the ungodly; 7 and
delivered righteous Lot, being distressed by
the morally corrupt conduct of the lawless
8 (for that righteous man dwelling among
them, by seeing and hearing, his righteous
soul was being tormented from day to day
concerning their lawless deeds): 9 the Lord
knows how to rescue the godly from trial,
Spirit.
2:1 But there were also false prophets
among the people, as among you also there
will be false teachers, who will secretly bring
in destructive opinions, even denying the
Master who has bought them, bringing swift
destruction on themselves. 2 And many will
follow their morally corrupt ways; because of
whom the way of truth will be maligned.
3 And by covetousness they will exploit you
with fabricated words, but for them the
sentence pronounced long ago is waiting; it
is not idle and their destruction is not asleep.
4 For if God did not spare angels when
they sinned, but sent them to tartaros, and
committed them to chains of deepest gloom,
to be kept for judgment; 5 and he did not
spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah
the eighth one, a preacher of righteousness,
when he brought a flood on the world of the
ungodly; 6 and having reduced the cities of
Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, judged them
by complete devastation, making them an
example of what awaits the ungodly; 7 and
delivered righteous Lot, being distressed by
the morally corrupt conduct of the lawless
8 (for that righteous man dwelling among
them, by seeing and hearing, his righteous
soul was being tormented from day to day
concerning their lawless deeds): 9 the Lord
knows how to rescue the godly from trial,
and to keep the unrighteous under
punishment until the day of judgment;
10 and especially those who indulge the
flesh in desires that defile, and despising
authority. Daring, self-willed, not afraid to
blaspheme glorious ones: 11 whereas
angels, though greater in might and
punishment until the day of judgment;
10 and especially those who indulge the
flesh in desires that defile, and despising
authority. Daring, self-willed, not afraid to
blaspheme glorious ones: 11 whereas
angels, though greater in might and
power, do not bring a slanderous judgment
against them before the Lord. 12 But these
people, as irrational creatures, were born
animals of mere instinct, to be taken and
destroyed, blaspheming in matters which
they are ignorant of. Indeed, in their
destruction they will be destroyed,
13 suffering wrong as payment for
wrong-doing; considering indulging in the
day time a pleasure. They are spots and
blemishes, indulging in their deceits while
they are feasting with you; 14 their eyes
are always looking for an adulterous
animals of mere instinct, to be taken and
destroyed, blaspheming in matters which
they are ignorant of. Indeed, in their
destruction they will be destroyed,
13 suffering wrong as payment for
wrong-doing; considering indulging in the
day time a pleasure. They are spots and
blemishes, indulging in their deceits while
they are feasting with you; 14 their eyes
are always looking for an adulterous
woman, and who are never satisfied
without sin; enticing unstable souls; having
a heart that has been trained in greed.
Accursed children! 15 forsaking a straight
way, they went astray, having followed the
way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved
without sin; enticing unstable souls; having
a heart that has been trained in greed.
Accursed children! 15 forsaking a straight
way, they went astray, having followed the
way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved
the wages of unrighteousness; 16 but he
was rebuked for his own transgression: a
speechless donkey spoke with a human voice
and restrained the madness of the prophet.
17 These are waterless springs, and mists
being driven by a storm; for whom the most
gloomy darkness has been reserved. 18 For,
speaking pompous dictums, they entice by
the lusts of the flesh, and by moral corruption
they are enticing those who are just escaping
from those who live in error; 19 promising
them freedom, while they themselves are
slaves to corruption; for by whom anyone has
been overcome, to this one he has been
enslaved. 20 For if, having escaped the
defilements of the world through the
knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ, they are again entangled by them
and overcome, the last state has become
worse with them than the first. 21 For it
was better for them not to have known the
way of righteousness, than having known
it, to turn from the holy commandment
delivered to them. 22 It has happened to
them according to the true proverb, "A dog
returns to its own vomit, and a sow that
has been washed to wallowing in mud."
3:1 This is now, beloved, the second letter
that I am writing to you; I am trying to stir
up your sincere mind by way of reminder;
2 that you may remember the words that
have been previously spoken by the holy
prophets, and the commandment of the Lord
and Savior through your apostles: 3 knowing
this first, that in the last days mockers will
come mocking, living according to their own
lusts, 4 and saying, "Where is the promise of
his coming? For, from the time the ancestors
fell asleep, all things are continuing as they
were from the beginning of creation. 5 For
they deliberately forget, that by the word of
God, heavens existed long ago, and an earth
having been formed out of water and through
water, 6 through which the world existing
was rebuked for his own transgression: a
speechless donkey spoke with a human voice
and restrained the madness of the prophet.
17 These are waterless springs, and mists
being driven by a storm; for whom the most
gloomy darkness has been reserved. 18 For,
speaking pompous dictums, they entice by
the lusts of the flesh, and by moral corruption
they are enticing those who are just escaping
from those who live in error; 19 promising
them freedom, while they themselves are
slaves to corruption; for by whom anyone has
been overcome, to this one he has been
enslaved. 20 For if, having escaped the
defilements of the world through the
knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ, they are again entangled by them
and overcome, the last state has become
worse with them than the first. 21 For it
was better for them not to have known the
way of righteousness, than having known
it, to turn from the holy commandment
delivered to them. 22 It has happened to
them according to the true proverb, "A dog
returns to its own vomit, and a sow that
has been washed to wallowing in mud."
3:1 This is now, beloved, the second letter
that I am writing to you; I am trying to stir
up your sincere mind by way of reminder;
2 that you may remember the words that
have been previously spoken by the holy
prophets, and the commandment of the Lord
and Savior through your apostles: 3 knowing
this first, that in the last days mockers will
come mocking, living according to their own
lusts, 4 and saying, "Where is the promise of
his coming? For, from the time the ancestors
fell asleep, all things are continuing as they
were from the beginning of creation. 5 For
they deliberately forget, that by the word of
God, heavens existed long ago, and an earth
having been formed out of water and through
water, 6 through which the world existing
at that time, perished being deluged with
water: 7 but the present heavens and the
earth, by the same word have been stored up,
being kept for fire, for a day of judgment and
destruction of the ungodly people.
8 But do not forget this one thing, beloved,
that one day with the Lord is as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The
Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as
some think of slowness; but is patient toward
you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come
to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will
come like a thief; in which the heavens will
pass away with a sudden roar, and the
elements burning up will be dissolved, and
the earth and the deeds that are done on it
will be laid bare. 11 Since all these things
will be dissolved in this manner, what sort
of persons ought you to be in holy conduct
and godliness, 12 waiting for and earnestly
desiring the coming day of God, because of
which the heavens being set on fire will be
dissolved, and the elements burning up will
melt? 13 But, according to his promise, we
water: 7 but the present heavens and the
earth, by the same word have been stored up,
being kept for fire, for a day of judgment and
destruction of the ungodly people.
8 But do not forget this one thing, beloved,
that one day with the Lord is as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The
Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as
some think of slowness; but is patient toward
you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come
to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will
come like a thief; in which the heavens will
pass away with a sudden roar, and the
elements burning up will be dissolved, and
the earth and the deeds that are done on it
will be laid bare. 11 Since all these things
will be dissolved in this manner, what sort
of persons ought you to be in holy conduct
and godliness, 12 waiting for and earnestly
desiring the coming day of God, because of
which the heavens being set on fire will be
dissolved, and the elements burning up will
melt? 13 But, according to his promise, we
are looking for new heavens and new earth
in which righteousness dwells.
14 Therefore, beloved, waiting for these
things, make every effort to be found by
him in peace, spotless and unblemished.
15 And regard the patience of our Lord as
salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul
also wrote to you according to the wisdom
given to him, 16 as also in all his letters,
speaking in them concerning these things;
in which are some things hard to be
understood, which the ignorant and unstable
distort as they do also the other scriptures,
to their own destruction. 17 Therefore, you
beloved, knowing these things in advance,
must continue guarding yourselves, lest
being carried away with the error of the
lawless, you fall from your own stability.
18 But continue growing in the grace and
knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. To him be the glory both now and to
the day of eternity. Let it be so.
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in which righteousness dwells.
14 Therefore, beloved, waiting for these
things, make every effort to be found by
him in peace, spotless and unblemished.
15 And regard the patience of our Lord as
salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul
also wrote to you according to the wisdom
given to him, 16 as also in all his letters,
speaking in them concerning these things;
in which are some things hard to be
understood, which the ignorant and unstable
distort as they do also the other scriptures,
to their own destruction. 17 Therefore, you
beloved, knowing these things in advance,
must continue guarding yourselves, lest
being carried away with the error of the
lawless, you fall from your own stability.
18 But continue growing in the grace and
knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. To him be the glory both now and to
the day of eternity. Let it be so.
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