2 Peter 1:12–21

¹²Therefore I intend to remind you continually concerning these things, although you know them and are established in the truth that you have. ¹³But I consider it right, for as long as I am in this habitation, to stir you up by a reminder, ¹⁴because I^* know that the removal of my habitation is imminent, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. ¹⁵And I will also make every effort that you are able at any time, after my departure, to recall these things to mind^b.

The Reliable Prophetic Word of Testimony

¹⁶For we did not make known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ by^* following ingeniously concocted myths, but by^* being eyewitnesses of that one’s majesty. ¹⁷For he received honor and glory from God the Father when^* a voice such as this was brought to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” ¹⁸And we ourselves heard this voice brought from heaven when we^* were with him on the holy mountain, ¹⁹and we possess as more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well if you^* pay attention to it as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, ²⁰recognizing this above all, that every prophecy of scripture does not come about from one’s own interpretation, ²¹for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.