2 Peter 1

¹³as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

²¹But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.

²²And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

²⁶If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

⁴To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

¹³And in keeping with what is written, “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,

¹²that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.

¹⁸But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

⁸More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

³Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

²according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

¹¹After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.

²⁴‘May the Lord bless you and keep you;

²⁵may the Lord cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;

¹⁰And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.

⁹He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

²⁸And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

²⁹For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

¹¹For the Lord God is a sun and a shield; the Lord gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

²¹Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,

²²whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,

³²He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

²³to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;

²⁴and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

²⁵I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

²⁶I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

¹⁸And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

¹⁰and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

¹⁰Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

¹⁷“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

⁸Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

²³Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

¹⁸But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

¹¹We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.

²Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

³His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

¹⁰Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,

³⁶You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

³Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

⁴perseverance, character; and character, hope.

¹⁹By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.

³His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

¹Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

²⁵Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

¹Continue in brotherly love.

¹⁰Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

¹²And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,

¹⁴And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

³⁴A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

³⁵By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

¹⁷Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

²He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.

¹⁴And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful.

¹²Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

¹⁶Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

⁹And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

¹²And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,

⁹If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.

¹⁰Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.

¹⁸With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

¹⁹They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

¹⁴He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

⁷But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

¹⁴What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

¹⁵Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

²⁶to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

¹⁷Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.

⁴⁷I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them:

⁴⁸He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

¹¹We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.

¹⁹And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:

²⁰Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

³He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.

⁵For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;

¹⁰You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

³⁴Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

²¹To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

¹⁰The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

²⁷Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’

⁸From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.

²¹I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

¹⁴I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

¹⁵However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me

¹Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.

⁷rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

⁵Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.

²because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:

¹⁴because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

¹Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking

³Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.

⁶For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

⁸We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

¹⁴So the Lord stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the Lord of Hosts, their God,

⁶For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.

¹⁸Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”

¹⁹Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. And after He had said this, He told him, “Follow Me.”

¹⁴Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.

²¹The Lord, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

²²For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.

¹⁴Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the Lord your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.

²“I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.

³And keep the charge of the Lord your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,

¹⁸Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

¹⁹Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

²⁰When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.

¹²Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.

²⁴So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey His voice.”

²⁵On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.

¹Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.

²Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.

⁴Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

⁵For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;

¹⁴And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

¹⁴The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

⁴or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.

¹That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.

²And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.

⁴My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,

¹⁴Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

⁷Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”

⁵While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

¹⁷And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

²²and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

³⁴While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

³⁵And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!”

¹¹And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

⁶When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.

⁵“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

¹⁵The Commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

⁹They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is full of water.

¹⁶When Jacob woke up, he said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”

¹⁷And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”

²The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

¹⁶“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

³⁹You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

²⁰To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

⁷He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

⁸He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

¹⁵From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

²The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.

¹¹trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

⁷⁰as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,

¹⁶“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.

¹⁵The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says: