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2 Peter 1 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Growth in Christian Virtue

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:1 - [fn]Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same [fn]kind as ours, [fn]by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:2 - Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:3 - seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us [fn]by His own glory and [fn]excellence.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:4 - [fn]For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:5 - Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral [fn]excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:6 - and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:7 - and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:8 - For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:9 - For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:10 - Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:11 - for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:12 - Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in the truth which is present with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:13 - I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:14 - knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:15 - And I will also be diligent that at any time after my departure you will be able to call these things to mind.

Eyewitnesses

(Mat 17:5; Mar 9:7; Luk 9:35 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:16 - For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:17 - For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an [fn]utterance as this was [fn]made to Him by the Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”—

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:18 - and we ourselves heard this [fn]utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:19 - [fn]So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:20 - But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:21 - for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
See the NASB95 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB95 Footnotes
Two early mss read Simeon
Or, value
Or, in
Or, to
Or, virtue
Literally: Through which (things)
Or, virtue
Literally: voice
Literally: brought
Literally: voice brought
Or, We have the even more sure prophetic word
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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 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 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras