Thematic Bible
2 Peter 1:1 (show verse)
Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith equal in value to ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:2 (show verse)
May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
2 Peter 1:3 (show verse)
because his divine power has bestowed on us all [things] [that are] necessary for life and godliness, through the knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence of character,
2 Peter 1:4 (show verse)
through which things he has bestowed on us his precious and very great promises, so that through these you may become sharers of the divine nature [after] escaping from the corruption [that is] in the world because of evil desire,
2 Peter 1:5 (show verse)
and [for] this same [reason], and [by] applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge,
2 Peter 1:6 (show verse)
and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness,
2 Peter 1:7 (show verse)
and with godliness, brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love.
2 Peter 1:8 (show verse)
For [if] these [things] are yours and are increasing, this does not make [you] useless or unproductive in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:9 (show verse)
For [the one] for whom these [things] [are] not present is blind, being nearsighted, {having forgotten the cleansing} of his former sins.
2 Peter 1:10 (show verse)
Therefore, brothers, be zealous even more to make your calling and election secure, because [if you] do these [things], you will never ever stumble.
2 Peter 1:11 (show verse)
For in this way entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied for you.
2 Peter 1:12 (show verse)
Therefore I intend to remind you continually concerning these [things], although [you] know [them] and are established in the truth that you have.
2 Peter 1:13 (show verse)
But I consider [it] right, for as long as I am in this habitation, to stir you up by a reminder,
2 Peter 1:14 (show verse)
[because I] know that the removal of my habitation is imminent, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
2 Peter 1:15 (show verse)
And I will also make every effort [that] you are able at any time, after my departure, {to recall these things to mind}.
2 Peter 1:16 (show verse)
For we did not make known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ [by] following ingeniously concocted myths, but [by] being eyewitnesses of that one's majesty.
2 Peter 1:17 (show verse)
For [he] received honor and glory from God the Father [when] a voice such as this was brought to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
2 Peter 1:18 (show verse)
And [we] ourselves heard this voice brought from heaven [when we] were with him on the holy mountain,
2 Peter 1:19 (show verse)
and we possess [as] more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well [if you] pay attention to [it] as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
2 Peter 1:20 (show verse)
recognizing this above all, that every prophecy of scripture does not come about from one's own interpretation,
2 Peter 1:21 (show verse)
for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.