¹²Therefore I will always remind you about these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth^q you now have. ¹³I think it is right, as long as I am in this bodily tent,^r to wake you up with a reminder, ¹⁴since I know that I will soon lay aside my tent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has indeed made clear to me.^s ¹⁵And I will also make every effort so that you are able to recall these things at any time after my departure.^D

THE TRUSTWORTHY PROPHETIC WORD

¹⁶For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ;^t instead, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.^u ¹⁷For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying “This is my beloved Son,^E with whom I am well-pleased!”^v ¹⁸We ourselves heard this voice when it came from heaven while we were with him on the holy mountain.^w ¹⁹We also have the prophetic word strongly confirmed, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place,^x until the day dawns^y and the morning star^z rises in your hearts. ²⁰Above all, you know this: No prophecy of Scripture comes from the prophet’s own interpretation, ²¹because no prophecy ever came by the will of man;^aa instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.^ab

Read in Logos

2 Peter 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… ”

Footnotes

DOr death
EOr my Son, my beloved

Cross references

q 2Co 11:10; Col 1:5–6; 2Jn 2; 3Jn 3–4
r 2Co 5:1–4
s Jn 21:18–23
t Mk 13:26; 14:62; 1Th 2:19
u Mt 17:1–6
v Is 42:1; Mt 3:17; 17:5; Mk 1:11; 9:7; Lk 3:22
w Ps 2:6; Mt 17:1; Mk 9:2; Lk 9:28
x Ps 119:105
y Mal 4:2; Rm 13:12; 2Pt 3:18
z Nm 24:17; Rv 22:16
aa Jr 23:26; 2Tm 3:16
ab 2Sm 23:2; Lk 1:70; Ac 1:16; 3:18; 1Pt 1:11