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| 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: | 1From: Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus, the Messiah. To: Those who have received faith that is as valuable as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah. |
| 2May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. | 2May grace and peace be yours in abundance through full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord! |
| 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, | 3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the full knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence. |
| 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. | 4Through these he has given us his precious and wonderful promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, seeing that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world caused by evil desires. |
| 5For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, | 5For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge, |
| 6and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, | 6your knowledge with self-control, your self-control with endurance, your endurance with godliness, |
| 7and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. | 7your godliness with brotherly kindness, and your brotherly kindness with love. |
| 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. | 8For if you possess these qualities, and if they continue to increase among you, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in attaining a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah. |
| 9For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. | 9For the person who lacks these qualities is blind and shortsighted, and has forgotten the cleansing that he has received from his past sins. |
| 10Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. | 10So then, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election certain, for if you keep on doing this you will never fail. |
| 11For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. | 11For in this way you will be generously granted entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah. |
| 12Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. | 12Therefore, I intend to keep on reminding you about these things, even though you already know them and are firmly established in the truth that you now have. |
| 13I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder, | 13Yet I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I am living in this bodily tent, |
| 14since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. | 14because I know that the removal of my bodily tent will come soon, as indeed our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, has shown me. |
| 15And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things. | 15And I will make every effort to see that you will always remember these things after I am gone. |
| 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. | 16When we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, we did not follow any clever myths. Rather, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. |
| 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,” | 17For he received honor and glory from God the Father when these words from the Majestic Glory were spoken about him: "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him." |
| 18we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. | 18We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain. |
| 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, | 19Therefore we regard the message of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp that is shining in a gloomy place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. |
| 20knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. | 20First of all, you must understand this: No prophecy in Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, |
| 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. | 21because no prophecy ever originated through a human decision. Instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. |
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