2 Peter 1:5-21

English Standard Version

⁵ For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith ^(A)with virtue,^[a] and virtue ^(B)with knowledge, ⁶ and knowledge with self-control, and self-control ^(C)with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, ⁷ and godliness ^(D)with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection ^(E)with love. ⁸ For if these qualities^[b] are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or ^(F)unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he ^(G)is blind, having forgotten that he was ^(H)cleansed from his former sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brothers,^[c] be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and ^(I)election, for if you practice these qualities ^(J)you will never fall. ¹¹ For in this way there will be richly provided for you ^(K)an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

¹² Therefore I intend ^(L)always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in ^(M)the truth that you have. ¹³ I think it right, as long as I am in this ^(N)body,^{[d] (O)}to stir you up by way of reminder, ^14 (P)since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, ^(Q)as our Lord Jesus Christ 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.

Christ's Glory and the Prophetic Word

¹⁶ For we did not follow ^(R)cleverly devised ^(S)myths when we made known to you ^(T)the power and ^(U)coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but ^(V)we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. ¹⁷ For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, ^(W)“This is my beloved Son,^[e] with whom I am well pleased,” ¹⁸ we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on ^(X)the holy mountain. ¹⁹ And ^(Y)we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention ^(Z)as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until ^(AA)the day ^(AB)dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, ²⁰ knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. ²¹ For ^(AC)no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God ^(AD)as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.