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2 Peter 1:1-21

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1 ¶ Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: SimonG4826 PeterG4074 servantG1401 andG2532 apostleG652 JesusG2424 ChristG5547 obtainedG2975 preciousG2472 faithG4102 usG2254 throughG1722 righteousnessG1343 GodG2316 andG2532 ourG2257 SaviourG4990 JesusG2424 ChristG5547

2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, GraceG5485 andG2532 peaceG1515 multipliedG4129 youG5213 throughG1722 knowledgeG1922 GodG2316 andG2532 JesusG2424 ourG2257 LordG2962

3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: asG5613 hisG846 divineG2304 powerG1411 givenG1433 usG2254 thingsG3956 untoG4314 lifeG2222 andG2532 godlinessG2150 throughG1223 knowledgeG1922 calledG2564 usG2248 toG1223 gloryG1391 andG2532 virtueG703

4 Whereby 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. WherebyG1223 WherebyG3739 givenG1433 usG2254 greatG3176 andG2532 preciousG5093 promisesG1862 thatG2443 byG1223 theseG5130 beG1096 partakersG2844 divineG2304 natureG5449 escapedG668 corruptionG5356 inG1722 worldG2889 throughG1722 lustG1939

5 ¶ And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; AndG2532 AndG1161 besideG846 thisG5124 givingG3923 allG3956 diligenceG4710 addG2023 toG1722 yourG5216 faithG4102 virtueG703 andG1161 toG1722 virtueG703 knowledgeG1108

6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; AndG1161 toG1722 knowledgeG1108 temperanceG1466 andG1161 toG1722 temperanceG1466 patienceG5281 andG1161 toG1722 patienceG5281 godlinessG2150

7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. AndG1161 toG1722 godlinessG2150 kindnessG5360 andG1161 toG1722 kindnessG5360 charityG26

8 For 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. ForG1063 thingsG5023 beG5225 youG5213 andG2532 aboundG4121 makeG2525 neitherG3756 barrenG692 norG3761 unfruitfulG175 inG1519 knowledgeG1922 ourG2257 LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547

9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. ButG1063 thatG3739 lackethG3361 lackethG3918 thingsG5023 isG2076 blindG5185 offG3467 forgottenG3024 forgottenG2983 fromG2512 hisG846 oldG3819 sinsG266

10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: WhereforeG1352 ratherG3123 brethrenG80 diligenceG4704 makeG4160 yourG5216 callingG2821 andG2532 electionG1589 sureG949 forG1063 doG4160 thingsG5023 shallG4218 shallG4417 neverG3364 fallG4218 fallG4417

11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. ForG1063 soG3779 entranceG1529 ministeredG2023 youG5213 abundantlyG4146 intoG1519 everlastingG166 kingdomG932 ourG2257 LordG2962 andG2532 SaviourG4990 JesusG2424 ChristG5547

12 ¶ Wherefore 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. WhereforeG1352 willG272 notG3756 negligentG272 putG5279 youG5209 alwaysG104 remembranceG5279 ofG4012 thingsG5130 thoughG2539 knowG1492 andG2532 establishedG4741 inG1722 presentG3918 truthG225

13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; YeaG1161 itG2233 meetG1342 asG1909 asG3745 amG1510 inG1722 thisG5129 tabernacleG4638 stirG1326 youG5209 upG1326 byG1722 remembranceG5280

14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. KnowingG1492 thatG3754 shortlyG5031 mustG2076 offG595 myG3450 tabernacleG4638 evenG2532 asG2531 ourG2257 LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547 shewedG1213 meG3427

15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. MoreoverG1161 MoreoverG2532 endeavourG4704 yeG5209 ableG2192 afterG3326 myG1699 deceaseG1841 haveG4160 thingsG5130 alwaysG1539 remembranceG3420

16 ¶ For 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. ForG1063 haveG1811 notG3756 followedG1811 devisedG4679 fablesG3454 knownG1107 youG5213 powerG1411 andG2532 comingG3952 ourG2257 LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547 butG235 wereG1096 eyewitnessesG2030 hisG1565 majestyG3168

17 For 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. ForG1063 receivedG2983 fromG3844 GodG2316 FatherG3962 honourG5092 andG2532 gloryG1391 cameG5342 suchG5107 voiceG5456 himG846 fromG5259 excellentG3169 gloryG1391 ThisG3778 isG2076 myG3450 belovedG27 SonG5207 inG1519 whomG3739 IG1473 pleasedG2106

18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. AndG2532 thisG5026 voiceG5456 cameG5342 fromG1537 heavenG3772 weG2249 heardG191 wereG5607 withG4862 himG846 inG1722 holyG40 mountG3735

19 ¶ We 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: haveG2192 alsoG2532 sureG949 wordG3056 prophecyG4397 whereuntoG3739 doG4160 wellG2573 heedG4337 asG5613 lightG3088 shinethG5316 inG1722 darkG850 placeG5117 untilG2193 untilG3739 dayG2250 dawnG1306 andG2532 starG5459 ariseG393 inG1722 yourG5216 heartsG2588

20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. KnowingG1097 thisG5124 firstG4412 thatG3754 noG3756 noG3956 prophecyG4394 scriptureG1124 isG1096 privateG2398 interpretationG1955

21 For 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. ForG1063 prophecyG4394 cameG5342 notG3756 timeG4218 willG2307 manG444 butG235 holyG40 menG444 GodG2316 spakeG2980 movedG5342 byG5259 HolyG40 GhostG4151

Cross-references for 2 Peter 1:1

  • Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
  • Romans 3:21-26 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
  • John 12:26 ‹If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will› my ‹Father honour.›
  • 2 Corinthians 4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
  • Titus 1:4 To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
  • Romans 1:12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
  • Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
  • 1 Peter 1:1 ¶ Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
  • 2 Peter 1:4 Whereby 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.
  • Luke 1:47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
  • Romans 1:1 ¶ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
  • Philippians 3:9 ¶ And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
  • Jeremiah 33:16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
  • Matthew 10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
  • Acts 15:14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
  • 2 Timothy 1:5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
  • 1 Peter 5:1 ¶ The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
  • Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
  • Matthew 4:18 ¶ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
  • Luke 11:49 ‹Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and› some ‹of them they shall slay and persecute:›
  • Luke 22:31-34 And the Lord said, ‹Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired› to have ‹you, that he may sift› you ‹as wheat:›
  • John 1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, ‹Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas,› which is by interpretation, A stone.
  • John 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, ‹Peace› be ‹unto you: as› my ‹Father hath sent me, even so send I you.›
  • John 21:15-17 ¶ So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, ‹Simon,› son ‹of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?› He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, ‹Feed my lambs.›
  • Acts 15:8-9 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
  • Romans 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
  • 1 Corinthians 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
  • 1 Corinthians 9:1 ¶ Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
  • 1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
  • 2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
  • Galatians 2:8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
  • Ephesians 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
  • Ephesians 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
  • Philippians 1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
  • Titus 1:1 ¶ Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
  • 1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
  • 1 Peter 2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
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