2 Peter 1:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

General references

Luke 1:4

Luke 9:29

1 Thessalonians 2:3

Bible References

We have

First of all, you must understand this, that in the last days mockers will come with their mockeries, going where their passions lead

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news??ut not with fine language, or the cross of Christ might seem an empty thing.

So when I came to you, brothers, I did not come and tell you the secret purpose of God in superior, philosophical language,

For I am no peddler of God's message, like most men, but like a man of sincerity, commissioned by God and in his presence, in union with Christ I utter his message.

I disown disgraceful, underhanded ways. I refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's message. It is by the open statement of the truth that I would commend myself to every human conscience in the sight of God.

But granting that I did not burden you myself, I was clever about it, you say, and took you in by a trick.

We must not be babies any longer, blown about and swung around by every wind of doctrine through the trickery of men with their ingenuity in inventing error.

The other's appearance, by the contrivance of Satan, will be full of power and pretended signs and wonders,

nor to devote themselves to fictions and interminable pedigrees; such things lead to controversy instead of the divine system which operates through faith.

But let worldly fictions and old wives' tales alone. Train yourself for the religious life.

and not study Jewish fictions or commands given by men who reject the truth.

The power

And Jesus came up to them and said, "Full authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

And he said to them, "I tell you, some of you who stand here will certainly live to see the reign of God come in its might."

just as you have done in giving him power over all mankind, so that he may give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

and decisively declared Son of God in his holiness of spirit, by being raised from the dead??esus Christ our Lord,

and meeting with you, in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, by the authority of our Lord Jesus

He will make our poor bodies over to resemble his glorious body, by exerting the power he has to subject everything to himself.

Coming

I tell you, some of you who stand here will certainly live to see the Son of Man come to reign!"

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to him by themselves, and said to him, "Tell us when this is to happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age."

and there is no gift that you lack even while you are waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ to reappear,

Of them also Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said, "See! The Lord comes with his holy myriads

See! He is coming on the clouds, and every eye will see him, even the men who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will lament over him. So it is to be, Amen.

Were

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

Six days after this Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him, and led them up on a high mountain, off by themselves. And his appearance underwent a change in their presence,

It was about eight days after Jesus said this that he took Peter, John, and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.

So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father.

It is what existed from the beginning, that we announce; what we have heard, what we have seen with our own eyes, what we have beheld, and touched with our hands; it is the very message of life??2 for life has been revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it and announce to you that eternal life that was with the Father and has been revealed to us??3 it is what we have seen and heard that we announce to you also, so that you may share our fellowship, for our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ,

We have seen and can testify that the Father has sent the Son to be Savior of the world.

General references

so that you may be reliably informed about the things you have been taught.

And as he was praying, the look of his face changed and his clothes turned dazzling white.

For our appeal does not rest on a delusion, nor spring from any impure motive; there is no fraud about it.