2 Peter 1:12-21 - Salvation Based On The Word Of God
12 Therefore I will always remind you of this, although you know it and are firmly grounded in the truth that you have. 13 Yet I think it right, as long as I live in my present tent, to arouse you by a reminder, 14 for I know that I must soon put it away, as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me. 15 I will also take care that after I am gone you will be able at any time to call these things to mind.
16 For they were no fictitious stories that we followed when we informed you of the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and of his coming, but we had been eye-witnesses of his majesty. 17 For when he was so honored and glorified by God the Father and from the supreme glory there were borne to him such words as these: "This is my Son, my Beloved! He is my Chosen!"??18 we heard these words borne from heaven when we were with him on that sacred mountain. 19 So we have the message of the prophets more fully guaranteed. Please pay attention to that message as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 20 You must understand this in the first place, that no prophecy in Scripture can be understood through one's own powers, 21 for no prophecy ever originated in the human will, but under the influence of the holy Spirit men spoke for God.