2 Peter, 1

1. Simon Peter, servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith as precious as our own, given through the saving justice of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ.

1. Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

2. Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of our Lord.

2. May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

3. By his divine power, he has lavished on us all the things we need for life and for true devotion, through the knowledge of him who has called us by his own glory and goodness.

3. His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,

4. Through these, the greatest and priceless promises have been lavished on us, that through them you should share the divine nature and escape the corruption rife in the world through disordered passion.

4. by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature.

5. With this in view, do your utmost to support your faith with goodness, goodness with understanding,

5. For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,

6. understanding with self-control, self-control with perseverance, perseverance with devotion,

6. and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,

7. devotion with kindness to the brothers, and kindness to the brothers with love.

7. and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

8. The possession and growth of these qualities will prevent your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ from being ineffectual or unproductive.

8. For if these things are yours and abound, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9. But without them, a person is blind or short-sighted, forgetting how the sins of the past were washed away.

9. For whoever lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

10. Instead of this, brothers, never allow your choice or calling to waver; then there will be no danger of your stumbling,

10. Therefore, brethren, be the more zealous to confirm your call and election, for if you do this you will never fall;

11. for in this way you will be given the generous gift of entry to the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

11. so there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

12. That is why I will always go on recalling the same truths to you, even though you already know them and are firmly fixed in these truths.

12. Therefore I intend always to remind you of these things, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have.

13. I am sure it is my duty, as long as I am in this tent, to keep stirring you up with reminders,

13. I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to arouse you by way of reminder,

14. since I know the time for me to lay aside this tent is coming soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.

14. since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.

15. And I shall take great care that after my own departure you will still have a means to recall these things to mind.

15. And I will see to it that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.

16. When we told you about the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, we were not slavishly repeating cleverly invented myths; no, we had seen his majesty with our own eyes.

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. He was honoured and glorified by God the Father, when a voice came to him from the transcendent Glory, This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour.

17. For 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,"

18. We ourselves heard this voice from heaven, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

18. we heard this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.

19. So we have confirmation of the words of the prophets; and you will be right to pay attention to it as to a lamp for lighting a way through the dark, until the dawn comes and the morning star rises in your minds.

19. And we have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

20. At the same time, we must recognise that the interpretation of scriptural prophecy is never a matter for the individual.

20. First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation,

21. For no prophecy ever came from human initiative. When people spoke for God it was the Holy Spirit that moved them.

21. because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.