2 Peter 1:16

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Summary

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.

We have

The power

Coming

Revelation 1:7

Were

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We have

above all knowing this, that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following according to their own desires

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not with {clever speech}, lest the cross of Christ be emptied.

And I, [when I] came to you, brothers, did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

For we are not like the majority who peddle the word of God, but as from pure motives--but as from God--we speak before God in Christ.

but we have renounced shameful hidden things, not behaving with craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but with the open proclamation of the truth commending ourselves to every person's conscience before God.

But let [it] be. I have not been a burden to you, but [because I] was crafty, I took you by cunning.

so that we may no longer be infants, tossed about by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of people, by craftiness with reference to the scheming of deceit.

whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders,

and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause useless speculations rather than God's plan [that is] by faith.

But reject those {worthless myths told by elderly women}, and train yourself for godliness.

not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of people who turn away from the truth.

The power

And Jesus approached [and] spoke to them, saying, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

And he said to them, "Truly I say to you, that there are some of those standing here who will never experience death until they see the kingdom of God having come with power."

just as you have given him authority over all flesh, in order that he would give eternal life to them--everyone whom you have given him.

who was declared Son of God in power according to {the Holy Spirit} by the resurrection from the dead of Jesus Christ our Lord,

In the name of our Lord Jesus, [when] you are assembled, and my spirit, together with the power of our Lord Jesus,

who will transform our humble body [to be] conformed to his glorious body, in accordance with the power that enables him even to subject all [things] to himself.

Coming

And who [can] endure the day of his coming? And who [is] the one who can stand {when he appears}? For he [is] like a refiner's fire, like launderers' alkali.

Look! I [am] going to send to you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of Yahweh!

Truly I say to you, that there are some of those standing here who will never experience death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

And [as] he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these [things] happen, and what [will be] the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

so that you do not lack in any spiritual gift [as you] eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about these [people], saying, "Behold, the Lord came with tens of thousands of his holy ones

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even every one who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Yes, amen.

Were

And after six days Jesus took along Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

And after six days, Jesus took along Peter and James and John, and led them to a high mountain by themselves alone. And he was transfigured before them,

Now it happened that about eight days after these words, he took along Peter and John and James [and] went up on the mountain to pray.

And the Word became flesh and took up residence among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.

What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched, concerning the word of life--

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son [to be the] Savior of the world.

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for it [is] not a trifling matter among you, but it [is] your life, and through this word {you will live long in the land} that you [are about] to cross the Jordan [to get] there to take possession of it."

so that you may know the certainty concerning the things about which you were taught.

And as he was praying, the appearance of his face became different, and his clothing [became] white, gleaming like lightning.

For our exhortation [is] not from error or from impurity or with deceit,