- Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of 
    Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior 
    Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
 
    - Grace and peace be yours in abundance 
    through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
 
    - His divine power has given us everything 
    we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by 
    his own glory and goodness.
 
    - Through these he has given us his very 
    great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the 
    divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
 
    - For this very reason, make every effort 
    to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
 
    - and to knowledge, self-control; and to 
    self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
 
    - and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and 
    to brotherly kindness, love.
 
    - For if you possess these qualities in 
    increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and 
    unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 
    - But if anyone does not have them, he is 
    nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his 
    past sins.
 
    - Therefore, my brothers, be all the more 
    eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, 
    you will never fall,
 
    - and you will receive a rich welcome into 
    the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
 
    - So I will always remind you of these 
    things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth 
    you now have.
 
    - I think it is right to refresh your 
    memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,
 
    - because I know that I will soon put it 
    aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
 
    - And I will make every effort to see that 
    after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.
 
    - We did not follow cleverly invented 
    stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus 
    Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
 
    - For he received honor and glory from God 
    the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, "This 
    is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."
 
    - We ourselves heard this voice that came 
    from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.
 
    - And we have the word of the prophets made 
    more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light 
    shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in 
    your hearts.
 
    - Above all, you must understand that no 
    prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation.
 
    - For prophecy never had its origin in the 
    will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy 
    Spirit.
  
  
 
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