New Testament · 2 Peter

2 Peter 1

A Greeting from Peter

(1 Peter 1:1–2)

1Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Yeshua Messiah, to those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness^a of our God and Savior Yeshua Messiah:

2may grace^b and peace^c be multiplied to you in the complete knowledge of God and of Yeshua our Lord.^d

Partakers of the Divine Nature

3His divine power^e has granted to us all things pertaining to life^f and godliness^g through the complete knowledge of Him who called us through glory^h and excellence, 4by which He has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakersⁱ of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world through desire.^j

5For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with excellence, and excellence with knowledge^k, 6and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, 7and godliness with brotherly love^m, and brotherly love with love.^l 8For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the complete knowledge of our Lord Yeshua Messiah. 9For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten the cleansing of his former sins.

10Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall; 11for in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Yeshua Messiah.

12Therefore I will not neglect to remind you always of these things, though you know them and are established in the truthⁿ that you have. 13I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by way of reminder, 14since I know that the putting off of my tent will come soon, as our Lord Yeshua Messiah made clear to me. 15And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.

Eyewitnesses of His Majesty

(Matthew 17:1–13; Mark 9:1–13; Luke 9:28–36)

16For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Yeshua Messiah, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.^o 17For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to Him by the Majestic glory: "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased" — 18we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with Him on the holy mountain.

19And we have the prophetic word^p made more certain, 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^q. 20Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of scripture comes from one's own interpretation.^r 21For no prophecy was ever produced by the will^s of man, but holy^t men of God spoke, being carried along by the holy spirit^u.