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2 Peter 1 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:1 - Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:2 - May 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 - His 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,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:4 - by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:5 - For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:6 - and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:7 - and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:8 - For if these things are yours and abound, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:9 - For whoever lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:10 - Therefore, brethren, be the more zealous to confirm your call and election, for if you do this you will never fall;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:11 - so there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:12 - Therefore I intend always to remind you of these things, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:13 - I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to arouse you by way of reminder,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:14 - since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:15 - And I will see to it that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.

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(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 myths 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 and the voice was borne 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 - we heard this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:19 - And we have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:20 - First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:21 - because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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2 Peter Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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