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1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
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Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 May grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
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May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
3 His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
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Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;
4 Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and may become participants of the divine nature.
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And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.
5 For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge,
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So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness,
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And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
7 and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.
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And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
8 For if these things are yours and are increasing among you, they keep you from being ineffective and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 For anyone who lacks these things is nearsighted and blind, and is forgetful of the cleansing of past sins.
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For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.
10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble.
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For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
11 For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
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For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12 Therefore I intend to keep on reminding you of these things, though you know them already and are established in the truth that has come to you.
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For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.
13 I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to refresh your memory,
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And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;
14 since I know that my death will come soon, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
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For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
15 And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.
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And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.
16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.
17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory, saying, "This is my Son, my Beloved, with whom I am well pleased."
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For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
18 We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, while we were with him on the holy mountain.
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And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.
19 So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
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And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;
20 First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation,
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Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets.
21 because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
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For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
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