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New Testament 2 Peter 2 Peter 1
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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: 2 Grace and peace be
multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 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: 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. 5 And beside this, giving
all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge
temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness
brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 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. 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. 10 Wherefore the rather,
brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do
these things, ye shall never fall: 11 For so an entrance
shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 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. 13 Yea, I think it meet,
as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 Knowing that shortly I
must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. 15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have
these things always in remembrance. 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. 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. 18 And this voice which
came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. 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: 20 Knowing this first,
that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 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. 2 Peter 2
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2 But
there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false
teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even
denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift
destruction. 2 And many shall follow
their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil
spoken of. 3 And through
covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose
judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and
their damnation slumbereth not. 4 For if God spared not
the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5 And spared not the old
world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness,
bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 And turning the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making
them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 7 And delivered just Lot,
vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8 (For that righteous man
dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day
to day with their unlawful deeds;) 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and
to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 10 But chiefly them that
walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and
despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled,
they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. 11 Whereas angels, which
are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them
before the Lord. 12 But these, as natural
brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that
they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 13 And shall receive the
reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting
themselves with their own deceivings while they
feast with you; 14 Having eyes full of
adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices;
cursed children: 15 Which have forsaken the
right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his
iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the
prophet. 17 These are wells without
water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness
is reserved for ever. 18 For when they speak
great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh,
through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in
error. 19 While they promise them
liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is
overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 20 For if after they have
escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein,
and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better
for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have
known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The
dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her
wallowing in the mire. 2 Peter 3
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3 This
second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your
pure minds by way of remembrance: 2 That ye may be mindful
of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the
commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3 Knowing this first,
that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own
lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers
fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the
creation. 5 For this they willingly
are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the
earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that
then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the
earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire
against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not
ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack
concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to
us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord
will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away
with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth
also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all
these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all
holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting
unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be
dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we,
according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein
dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved,
seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him
in peace, without spot, and blameless. 15 And account that the
longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also
according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his
epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to
be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do
also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 17 Ye therefore, beloved,
seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with
the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. 18 But grow in grace, and
in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. |
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