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2 Peter 1 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:1 - Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:2 - May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:3 - Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:4 - And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:5 - So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:6 - And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:7 - And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:8 - For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:9 - For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:10 - For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:11 - For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:12 - For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:13 - And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:14 - For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:15 - And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.

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(Mat 17:5; Mar 9:7; Luk 9:35 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:16 - For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:17 - For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:18 - And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:19 - And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:20 - Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:21 - For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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2 Peter Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Morphological Greek New Testament Textus Receptus Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras