2 Peter 1:1-2; 2 Peter 1:17; 2 Peter 1:21; 2 Peter 2:4; 2 Peter 3:5; 2 Peter 3:12 (New American Standard)

Growth in Christian Virtue

1 Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ : 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord ; 17 For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, "This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased "- 21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. 4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment ; 5 For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat !