2 Peter 1:1-14 ▼

1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those having obtained a faith equally precious with ours, through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you? in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

3 Accordingly, His divine power has given to us all things toward life and godliness, through the knowledge of the One having called us by His own glory and excellence,

4 through which He has given to us the precious and magnificent promises, so that through these you? might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in evil desire.

5 Now also for this very reason, having brought in all diligence, supply in your? faith virtue, and in virtue knowledge,

6 and in knowledge self-control, and in self-control perseverance, and in perseverance godliness,

7 and in godliness brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection love.

8 For these things being in you? and abounding make you neither idle nor unfruitful in regard to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 For in whomever these things are not present, he is blind, being shortsighted, having received forgetfulness of the cleansing from his former sins.

10 Therefore, brothers, be diligent, rather, to make your? calling and election sure. For in doing these things, never at any time shall you? stumble.

11 For in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied to you?.

12 Therefore I will be ready always to remind you? concerning these things, though knowing them and having been strengthened in the truth being present.

13 Now I esteem it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you? up in a reminder,

14 knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is soon, as also our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.