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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. |
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