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2 Peter 1

Growth in Christian Virtue

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 1Simon Peter, a  abond-servant and  bapostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who have received  ca faith of the same  2kind as ours,  3by  dthe righteousness of  eour God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

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 aGrace and peace be multiplied to you in  bthe knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

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seeing that His  adivine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true  bknowledge of Him who  ccalled us  1by His own glory and  2excellence.

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 1For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent  apromises, so that by them you may become  bpartakers of the divine nature, having  cescaped the  dcorruption that is in  ethe world by lust.

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Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith  asupply  bmoral  1excellence, and in your moral excellence,  cknowledge,

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and in your knowledge,  aself-control, and in your self-control,  bperseverance, and in your perseverance,  cgodliness,

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and in your godliness,  abrotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.

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For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor  aunfruitful in the true  bknowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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For he who lacks these qualities is  ablind or short-sighted, having forgotten his  bpurification from his former sins.

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Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His  acalling and  bchoosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never  cstumble;

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for in this way the entrance into  athe eternal kingdom of our  bLord and Savior Jesus Christ will be  cabundantly  dsupplied to you.

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Therefore,  aI will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in  bthe truth which is present with you.

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I consider it  aright, as long as I am in  bthis earthly dwelling, to  cstir you up by way of reminder,

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knowing that  athe laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent,  bas also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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And I will also be diligent that at any time after my  adeparture you will be able to call these things to mind.

Eyewitnesses

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For we did not follow cleverly devised  atales when we made known to you the  bpower and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were  ceyewitnesses of His majesty.

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For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an  1 autterance as this was  2made to Him by the  bMajestic Glory, "This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased"--

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and we ourselves heard this  1utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the  aholy mountain.

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 1So we have  athe prophetic word made more  bsure, to which you do well to pay attention as to  ca lamp shining in a dark place, until the  dday dawns and the  emorning star arises  fin your hearts.

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But  aknow this first of all, that  bno prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation,

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for  ano prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men  bmoved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.



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