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King James Bible

Greeting the Faithful

Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have [a]obtained like[b] precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

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Greetings from Peter

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:

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Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

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Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

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as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,

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Make Your Calling Sure

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:

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by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the [c]corruption that is in the world through lust.

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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.

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Fruitful Growth in the Faith

But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,

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And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

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to knowledge self-control, to self-control [d]perseverance, to perseverance godliness,

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And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

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to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.

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And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

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For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither [e]barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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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.

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For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

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But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

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Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;

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Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

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for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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Peter’s Approaching Death

For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.

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Remember These Things

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.

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Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this [f]tent, to stir you up by reminding you,

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Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

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knowing that shortly I must [g]put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.

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Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

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Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my [h]decease.

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Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

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The Trustworthy Prophetic Word

For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

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We were Eyewitnesses

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.

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For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

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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.

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And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

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And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

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[i]And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;

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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:

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knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private [j]interpretation,

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Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

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for prophecy never came by the will of man, but [k]holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

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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.

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