1Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained the same precious faith as ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 2Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

3According as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him Who called us by His own glory and virtue; 4Through which He has given to us the greatest and most precious promises, that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 5And for this very reason also, having applied all diligence besides, add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; 6And to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, endurance; and to endurance, godliness; 7And to godliness, brotherly love; and to brotherly love, the love of God. 8For if these things exist and abound in you, they will cause you to be neither lacking effort nor lacking fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But the one in whom these things are not present is spiritually blind--so shortsighted that he has forgotten that he was purified from his old sins. 10For this reason, brethren, be even more diligent to make your calling and election sure; because if you are doing these things, you will never fall at any time. 11For in this way, you will be richly granted an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

12Therefore, I will not neglect to make you always mindful of these things, although you already know them and have been established in the present truth. 13For I consider it my duty, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by causing you to remember these things; 14Knowing that shortly the putting off of my tabernacle will come, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has signified to me. 15But I will make every effort that, after my departure, you may always have a written remembrance of these things in order to practice them for yourselves,

16For we did not follow cleverly concocted myths as our authority, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His magnificent glory; 17Because He received glory and honor from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, "This is My Son, the Beloved, in Whom I am well pleased." 18And this is the voice from heaven that we heard when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

19We also possess the confirmed prophetic Word to which you do well to pay attention, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts; 20Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture originated as anyone's own private interpretation; 21Because prophecy was not brought at any time by human will, but the holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.