2 Peter 1

1^*||Simon Peter, ^aa servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained ^blike precious faith with us ^cthrough the righteousness ^†of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: ^2dGrace and peace be multiplied unto you ^ethrough the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

³According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and ^fgodliness, ^egthrough the knowledge of ^hhim that hath called us ^||to ⁱglory and ^hvirtue: ⁴Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be ^kpartakers of the divine nature, ^lhaving escaped ^mthe corruption that is in the world through lust. ⁵And beside this, giving all diligence, ⁿadd to your faith virtue; and to virtue ^oknowledge; ⁶And to knowledge ^ptemperance; and to temperance ^qpatience; and to patience ^fgodliness; ⁷And to ^fgodliness ^rbrotherly kindness; and ^sto brotherly kindness ^tcharity. ⁸For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be ^†barren nor ^uunfruitful in ^ethe knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹But he that lacketh these things ^vis blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was ^wpurged from his old sins. ¹⁰Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence ^xto make your ^ycalling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ^zye shall never fall: ¹¹For so an entrance shall be ^aministered unto you abundantly ^binto the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

¹²Wherefore I will not be negligent ^cto put you always in remembrance of these things, ^dthough ye know them, and be ^eestablished in the present truth. ¹³Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in ^fthis tabernacle, ^gto stir you up ^cgby putting you in remembrance; ^14hKnowing that shortly I must ⁱput off this ^fmy tabernacle, even as ^kour Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. ¹⁵Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my ^ldecease to have these things always in remembrance. ¹⁶For we have not followed ^mcunningly devised ⁿfables, when we made known unto you ^othe power and ^pcoming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but ^qwere ^reyewitnesses of his ^smajesty. ¹⁷For he received from God the Father ^thonour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the ^uexcellent glory, ^wThis is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. ¹⁸And this voice which came from heaven ^qwe heard, when we were with him in ^xthe holy mount. ¹⁹We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ^yye do well that ye take heed, as unto ^za light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and ^athe day star ^barise in your hearts: ²⁰Knowing this first, that ^cno prophecy of the scripture is of any private ^dinterpretation. ²¹For the ^eprophecy came not ^||in old time by the will of man: but ^fholy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.