2Peter 1
1. Simon <4613> Peter <4074>, a servant <1401> and an apostle
<652>
of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, to them that have obtained <2975>
like <2472> precious <2472> faith <4102> with us through <1722>
the
righteousness <1343> of God <2316> and our Saviour <4990> Jesus
<2424> Christ <5547>:
2 Grace <5485> and peace <1515> be multiplied <4129> unto you
through <1722> the knowledge <1922> of God <2316>, and of Jesus
<2424> our Lord <2962>,
3 According <5613> as his divine <2304> power <1411> hath given
<1433> unto us all <3956> things that [pertain] unto life <2222>
and
godliness <2150>, through <1223> the knowledge <1922> of him that
hath called <2564> us to glory <1391> and virtue <703>:
4 Whereby <3739> are given <1433> unto us exceeding great
<3176>
and precious <5093> promises <1862>: that by these <5130> ye
might
be partakers <2844> of the divine <2304> nature <5449>, having
escaped <668> the corruption <5356> that is in the world <2889>
through <1722> lust <1939>.
5. And beside <846> this <5124>, giving <3923> all diligence
<4710>, add <2023> to your <5216> faith <4102> virtue <703>; and
to
virtue <703> knowledge <1108>;
6 And to knowledge <1108> temperance <1466>; and to temperance
<1466> patience <5281>; and to patience <5281> godliness <2150>;
7 And to godliness <2150> brotherly <5360> kindness <5360>;
and to
brotherly <5360> kindness <5360> charity <26>.
8 For if these <5023> things be in you, and abound <4121>, they
make <2525> [you that ye shall] neither <3756> [be] barren <692>
nor
<3761> unfruitful <175> in the knowledge <1922> of our Lord
<2962>
Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>.
9 But he that lacketh <3918> these <5023> things is blind
<5185>,
and cannot <3467> see <3467> afar <3467> off, and hath forgotten
<2983> that he was purged <2512> from his old <3819> sins <266>.
10 Wherefore <1352> the rather <3123>, brethren <80>, give
diligence <4710> to make <4160> your <5216> calling <2821> and
election <1589> sure <949>: for if ye do <4160> these <5023>
things,
ye shall never <4219> fall <4417>:
11 For so <3779> an entrance <1529> shall be ministered <2023>
unto you abundantly <4146> into <1519> the everlasting <166>
kingdom
<932> of our Lord <2962> and Saviour <4990> Jesus <2424> Christ
<5547>.
12. Wherefore <1352> I will not be negligent <272> to put <5279>
you always <104> in remembrance <5179> of these <5130> things,
though <2539> ye know <1492> [them], and be established <4741> in
the present <3918> truth <225>.
13 Yea <1161>, I think <2233> it meet <1342>, as long as I am
<1510> in this <5129> tabernacle <4638>, to stir <1326> you up by
putting <5279> [you] in remembrance <5280>;
14 Knowing <1492> that shortly <5031> I must put <595> off
<595>
[this <3588>] my tabernacle <4638>, even <2532> as our Lord
<2962>
Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> hath shewed <1213> me.
15 Moreover <2532> I will endeavour <4704> that ye may be able
<2192> after <3326> my decease <1841> to have these <5130> things
always <1539> in remembrance <3420>.
16. For we have not followed <1811> cunningly devised <4679>
fables
<3454>, when we made <1107> known <1107> unto you the power
<1411>
and coming <3952> of our Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>,
but
were eyewitnesses <2030> of his majesty <3168>.
17 For he received <2983> from God <2316> the Father <3962>
honour
<5092> and glory <1391>, when there came <5342> such <5107> a
voice
<5456> to him from the excellent <3169> glory <1391>, This
<3778> is
my beloved <27> Son <5207>, in whom <3739> I am well <2106>
pleased
<2106>.
18 And this <5026> voice <5456> which came <5342> from heaven
<3772> we heard <191>, when we were with him in the holy <40>
mount
<3735>.
19. We have <2192> also <2532> a more sure <949> word <3056> of
prophecy <4397>; whereunto <3739> ye do <4160> well <2573> that
ye
take heed <433>, as unto a light <3088> that shineth <5316> in a
dark <850> place <5117>, until <2193> the day <2250> dawn <1306>,
and the day <5459> star <5459> arise <393> in your <5216> hearts
<2588>:
20 Knowing <1097> this <5124> first <4412>, that no <3756>
prophecy <4394> of the scripture <1124> is of any private <2398>
interpretation <1955>.
21 For the prophecy <4394> came <5342> not in old <4218> time
<4218> by the will <2307> of man <444>: but holy <40> men <444>
of
God <2316> spake <2980> [as they were] moved <5342> by the Holy
<40>
Ghost <4151>.
2Peter 2
1. But there were false <5578> prophets <5578> also <2532> among
<1722> the people <2992>, even <2532> as there shall be false
<5572>
teachers <5572> among <1722> you, who <3748> privily <3919> shall
bring <3918> in damnable <684> heresies <139>, even <2532>
denying
<720> the Lord <1203> that bought <59> them, and bring <3918>
upon
themselves <1438> swift <5031> destruction <684>.
2 And many <4183> shall follow <1811> their pernicious <684>
ways
<684>; by reason <1223> of whom <3739> the way <3598> of truth
<225>
shall be evil <987> spoken <987> of.
3. And through <1722> covetousness <4124> shall they with
feigned
<4112> words <3056> make <1710> merchandise of you: whose <3739>
judgment <2917> now of a long time <1597> lingereth <691> not,
and
their damnation <684> slumbereth <3573> not.
4 For if <1487> God <2316> spared <5339> not the angels <32>
that
sinned <264>, but cast <5020> [them] down to hell <5020>, and
delivered <3860> [them] into chains <4577> of darkness <2217>,
to be
reserved <5083> unto judgment <2920>;
5 And spared <5339> not the old <744> world <2889>, but saved
<5442> Noah <3575> the eighth <3590> [person], a preacher <2783>
of
righteousness <1343>, bringing <1863> in the flood <2627> upon
the
world <2889> of the ungodly <765>;
6 And turning <5077> the cities <4172> of Sodom <4670> and
Gomorrha <1116> into ashes <5077> condemned <2632> [them] with an
overthrow <2692>, making <4160> [them] an ensample <5262> unto
those
<3588> that after <3195> should <3195> live ungodly <764>;
7. And delivered <4506> just <1342> Lot <3091>, vexed <2669>
with
the filthy <766> conversation <391> of the wicked <113>:
8 (For that righteous <1342> man dwelling <1460> among <1722>
them, in seeing <990> and hearing <189>, vexed <928> [his]
righteous
<1342> soul <5590> from day <2250> to day <2250> with [their]
unlawful <459> deeds <2041>;)
9 The Lord <2962> knoweth <1492> how to deliver <4506> the
godly
<2152> out of temptations <3986>, and to reserve <5083> the
unjust
<94> unto the day <2250> of judgment <2920> to be punished
<2849>:
10. But chiefly <3122> them that walk <4198> after <3694> the
flesh
<4561> in the lust <1939> of uncleanness <3394>, and despise
<2706>
government <2963>. Presumptuous <5113> [are they], selfwilled
<829>,
they are not afraid <5141> to speak <987> evil <987> of dignities
<1391>.
11 Whereas <3699> angels <32>, which are greater <3187> in
power
<2479> and might <1411>, bring <5342> not railing <989>
accusation
<2920> against <2596> them before <3844> the Lord <2962>.
12 But these <3778>, as natural <5446> brute <249> beasts
<2226>,
made <1080> to be taken <259> and destroyed <5356>, speak <987>
evil
<987> of the things that they understand <50> not; and shall
utterly
<2704> perish <2704> in their own <848> corruption <5356>;
13 And shall receive <2865> the reward <3408> of
unrighteousness
<93>, [as] they that count <2233> it pleasure <2237> to riot
<5172>
in the day <2250> time. Spots <4696> [they are] and blemishes
<3470>, sporting <1792> themselves with their own <848>
deceivings
<539> while they feast <4910> with you;
14 Having <2192> eyes <3788> full <3324> of adultery <3428>,
and
that cannot <180> cease <180> from sin <266>; beguiling <1185>
unstable <793> souls <5590>: an heart <2588> they have <2192>
exercised <1128> with covetous <4124> practices; cursed <2671>
children <5043>:
15 Which have forsaken <2641> the right <2117> way <3598>, and
are
gone <4105> astray <4105>, following <1811> the way <3598> of
Balaam
<903> [the son] of Bosor <1007>, who <3739> loved <25> the wages
<3408> of unrighteousness <93>;
16 But was rebuked <1649> for his iniquity <3892>: the dumb
<880>
ass <5268> speaking <5350> with man's <444> voice <5456> forbad
<2967> the madness <3913> of the prophet <4396>.
17 These <3778> are wells <4077> without <504> water <504>,
clouds
<3507> that are carried <1643> with a tempest <2978>; to whom
<3739>
the mist <2217> of darkness <4655> is reserved <5083> for ever
<165>.
18 For when they speak <5350> great <5246> swelling <5246>
[words]
of vanity <3153>, they allure <1185> through <1722> the lusts
<1939>
of the flesh <4561>, [through much] wantonness <766>, those
<3588>
that were clean <3689> escaped <668> from them who live <390> in
error <4106>.
19 While they promise <1861> them liberty <1657>, they
themselves
<846> are the servants <1401> of corruption <5356>: for of whom
<3739> a man <5100> is overcome <2274>, of the same <3778> is he
brought <1402> in bondage <1402>.
20 For if <1487> after they have escaped <668> the pollutions
<3393> of the world <2889> through <1722> the knowledge <1922> of
the Lord <2962> and Saviour <4990> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>,
they
are again <3825> entangled <1707> therein <5125>, and overcome
<2274>, the latter <2078> end <2078> is worse <5501> with them
than
the beginning <4413>.
21 For it had been <2258> better <2909> for them not to have
known
<1921> the way <3598> of righteousness <1343>, than <2228>, after
they have known <1921> [it], to turn <1994> from the holy <40>
commandment <1785> delivered <3860> unto them.
22 But it is happened <4819> unto them according to the true
<227>
proverb <3942>, The dog <2965> [is] turned <1994> to his own
<2398>
vomit <1829> again <1994>; and the sow <5300> that was washed
<3068>
to her wallowing <2946> in the mire <1004>.
2Peter 3
1. This <5026> second <1208> epistle <1992>, beloved <27>, I now
<2236> write <1125> unto you; in [both] which <3739> I stir
<1326>
up your <5216> pure <1506> minds <1271> by way <1722> of
remembrance
<5280>:
2 That ye may be mindful <3403> of the words <4487> which were
spoken <4280> before <4280> by the holy <40> prophets <4396>,
and of
the commandment <1785> of us the apostles <652> of the Lord
<2962>
and Saviour <4990>:
3. Knowing <1097> this <5124> first <4412>, that there shall
come
<2064> in the last <2078> days <2250> scoffers <1703>, walking
<4198> after <2596> their own <2398> lusts <1939>,
4 And saying <3004>, Where <4226> is the promise <1860> of his
coming <3952>? for since <3739> the fathers <3962> fell asleep
<2837>, all <3956> things continue <1265> as [they were] from the
beginning <746> of the creation <2937>.
5 For this <5124> they willingly <2309> are ignorant <2990> of,
that by the word <3056> of God <2316> the heavens <3772> were of
old
<1597>, and the earth <1093> standing <4921> out of the water
<5204>
and in the water <5204>:
6 Whereby <3739> the world <2889> that then <5119> was, being
overflowed <2626> with water <5204>, perished <622>:
7 But the heavens <3772> and the earth <1093>, which are now
<3568>, by the same <846> word <3056> are kept <2343> in store
<2343>, reserved <5083> unto fire <4442> against <1519> the day
<2250> of judgment <2920> and perdition <684> of ungodly <765>
men
<444>.
8. But, beloved <27>, be not ignorant <2990> of this <5124> one
<1520> thing, that one <3391> day <2250> [is] with the Lord
<2962>
as a thousand <5507> years <2094>, and a thousand <5507> years
<2094> as one <3391> day <2250>.
9. The Lord <2962> is not slack <1019> concerning <4314> his
promise <1860>, as some <5100> men count <2233> slackness <1022>;
but is longsuffering to us-ward <2248>, not willing <1014> that
any
<5100> should perish <622>, but that all <3956> should come
<5562>
to repentance <3341>.
10 But the day <2250> of the Lord <2962> will come <2240> as a
thief <2812> in the night <3571>; in the which <3739> the heavens
<3772> shall pass <3928> away with a great noise <4500>, and the
elements <4747> shall melt <3089> with fervent heat <2741>, the
earth <1093> also <2532> and the works <2041> that are therein
<846>
shall be burned <2618> up.
11. [Seeing] then <3767> [that] all <3956> these <5130> things
shall be dissolved <3089>, what <4217> manner <4217> [of persons]
ought <1163> ye to be in [all] holy <40> conversation <391> and
godliness <2150>,
12 Looking <4328> for and hasting <4692> unto the coming
<3952> of
the day <2250> of God <2316>, wherein <3757> the heavens <3772>
being on fire <4448> shall be dissolved <3089>, and the elements
<4747> shall melt <5080> with fervent heat <2741>?
13 Nevertheless <1161> we, according <2596> to his promise
<1862>,
look <4328> for new <2537> heavens <3772> and a new <2537> earth
<1093>, wherein <3757> dwelleth <2730> righteousness <1343>.
14 Wherefore <1352>, beloved <27>, seeing that ye look <4328>
for
such <5023> things, be diligent <4704> that ye may be found
<2147>
of him in peace <1515>, without <784> spot <784>, and blameless
<298>.
15 And account <2233> [that] the longsuffering <3115> of our
Lord
<2962> [is] salvation <4991>; even <2531> as our beloved <27>
brother <80> Paul <3972> also <2532> according <2596> to the
wisdom
<4678> given <1325> unto him hath written <1125> unto you;
16 As also <2532> in all <3956> [his] epistles <1992>, speaking
<2980> in them of these <5130> things; in which <3739> are some
<5100> things hard <1425> to be understood <1425>, which <3739>
they
that are unlearned <261> and unstable <793> wrest <4761>, as
[they
do] also <2532> the other <3062> scriptures <1124>, unto their
own
<2398> destruction <684>.
17 Ye therefore <3767>, beloved <27>, seeing ye know <4267>
[these
things] before <4267>, beware <5442> lest <3361> ye also <4879>,
being led <4879> away <4879> with the error <4106> of the wicked
<113>, fall <1601> from your <3588> own <2398> stedfastness
<4740>.
18 But grow <837> in grace <5485>, and [in] the knowledge
<1108>
of our Lord <2962> and Saviour <4990> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>.
To
him [be] glory <1391> both <2532> now <3568> and for ever <165>.
Amen <281>.
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