2 Peter 1:4-21 (KJV) (2024)

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⁴Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

⁵And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

⁶And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

⁷And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

⁸For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

¹⁰Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

¹¹For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

¹²Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

¹³Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

¹⁴Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

¹⁵Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

¹⁶For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

¹⁷For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

¹⁸And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

¹⁹We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

²⁰Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

²¹For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

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⁴^[a]For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent ^(A)promises, so that by them you may become ^(B)partakers of the divine nature, having ^(C)escaped the ^(D)corruption that is in ^(E)the world by lust. ⁵Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith ^(F)supply ^(G)moral ^[b]excellence, and in your moral excellence, ^(H)knowledge, ⁶and in your knowledge, ^(I)self-control, and in your self-control, ^(J)perseverance, and in your perseverance, ^(K)godliness, ⁷and in your godliness, ^(L)brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. ⁸For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor ^(M)unfruitful in the true ^(N)knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹For he who lacks these qualities is ^(O)blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his ^(P)purification from his former sins. ¹⁰Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His ^(Q)calling and ^(R)choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never ^(S)stumble; ¹¹for in this way the entrance into ^(T)the eternal kingdom of our ^(U)Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be ^(V)abundantly ^(W)supplied to you.

¹²Therefore, ^(X)I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in ^(Y)the truth which is present with you. ¹³I consider it ^(Z)right, as long as I am in ^(AA)this earthly dwelling, to ^(AB)stir you up by way of reminder, ¹⁴knowing that ^(AC)the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, ^(AD)as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. ¹⁵And I will also be diligent that at any time after my ^(AE)departure you will be able to call these things to mind.

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¹⁶For we did not follow cleverly devised ^(AF)tales when we made known to you the ^(AG)power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were ^(AH)eyewitnesses of His majesty. ¹⁷For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an ^[c]^(AI)utterance as this was ^[d]made to Him by the ^(AJ)Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”— ¹⁸and we ourselves heard this ^[e]utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the ^(AK)holy mountain.

¹⁹^[f]So we have ^(AL)the prophetic word made more ^(AM)sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to ^(AN)a lamp shining in a dark place, until the ^(AO)day dawns and the ^(AP)morning star arises ^(AQ)in your hearts. ²⁰But ^(AR)know this first of all, that ^(AS)no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, ²¹for ^(AT)no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men ^(AU)moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

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Footnotes

2 Peter 1:4 Lit Through which (things)
2 Peter 1:5 Or virtue
2 Peter 1:17 Lit voice
2 Peter 1:17 Lit brought
2 Peter 1:18 Lit voice brought
2 Peter 1:19 Or We have the even more sure prophetic word

Cross references

2 Peter 1:4 : 2 Pet 3:9, 13
2 Peter 1:4 : Eph 4:13, 24; Heb 12:10; 1 John 3:2
2 Peter 1:4 : 2 Pet 2:18, 20
2 Peter 1:4 : 2 Pet 2:19
2 Peter 1:4 : James 1:27
2 Peter 1:5 : 2 Pet 1:11
2 Peter 1:5 : 2 Pet 1:3
2 Peter 1:5 : Col 2:3; 2 Pet 1:2
2 Peter 1:6 : Acts 24:25
2 Peter 1:6 : Luke 21:19
2 Peter 1:6 : 2 Pet 1:3
2 Peter 1:7 : Rom 12:10; 1 Pet 1:22
2 Peter 1:8 : Col 1:10
2 Peter 1:8 : John 17:3; Phil 3:8; 2 Pet 1:2, 3; 2:20; 3:18
2 Peter 1:9 : 1 John 2:11
2 Peter 1:9 : Eph 5:26; Titus 2:14
2 Peter 1:10 : Matt 22:14; Rom 11:29; 2 Pet 1:3
2 Peter 1:10 : 1 Thess 1:4
2 Peter 1:10 : James 2:10; 2 Pet 3:17; Jude 24
2 Peter 1:11 : 2 Tim 4:18
2 Peter 1:11 : 2 Pet 2:20; 3:18
2 Peter 1:11 : Rom 2:4; 1 Tim 6:17
2 Peter 1:11 : 2 Pet 1:5
2 Peter 1:12 : Phil 3:1; 1 John 2:21; Jude 5
2 Peter 1:12 : Col 1:5f; 2 John 2
2 Peter 1:13 : Phil 1:7
2 Peter 1:13 : 2 Cor 5:1, 4; 2 Pet 1:14
2 Peter 1:13 : 2 Pet 3:1
2 Peter 1:14 : 2 Cor 5:1; 2 Tim 4:6
2 Peter 1:14 : John 13:36; 21:19
2 Peter 1:15 : Luke 9:31
2 Peter 1:16 : 1 Tim 1:4; 2 Pet 2:3
2 Peter 1:16 : Mark 13:26; 14:62; 1 Thess 2:19
2 Peter 1:16 : Matt 17:1ff; Mark 9:2ff; Luke 9:28ff
2 Peter 1:17 : Matt 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35
2 Peter 1:17 : Heb 1:3
2 Peter 1:18 : Ex 3:5; Josh 5:15
2 Peter 1:19 : 1 Pet 1:10f
2 Peter 1:19 : Heb 2:2
2 Peter 1:19 : Ps 119:105
2 Peter 1:19 : Luke 1:78
2 Peter 1:19 : Rev 22:16
2 Peter 1:19 : 2 Cor 4:6
2 Peter 1:20 : 2 Pet 3:3
2 Peter 1:20 : Rom 12:6
2 Peter 1:21 : Jer 23:26; 2 Tim 3:16
2 Peter 1:21 : 2 Sam 23:2; Luke 1:70; Acts 1:16; 3:18; 1 Pet 1:11

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