Worsley - II Peter - 1

1:1  Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us, in the righteousness of our God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ:

1:2  grace and peace be multiplied unto you, in the acknowledgement of God, and of Jesus our Lord;

1:3  as his divine power hath given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who hath called us by that glory and virtue,

1:4  by which are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

1:5  And to this giving all diligence, add to your faith fortitude;

1:6  and to fortitude knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience piety;

1:7  and to piety brotherly affection; and to brotherly affection charity.

1:8  For if these be in you and abound, they will not suffer you to be idle, nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1:9  But he, that hath not these, is blind, or short-sighted, having forgot his baptismal purification from his former sins.

1:10  Wherefore, my brethren, be the more diligent thus to make your calling and election sure; for if ye do these things ye shall never fall.

1:11  For so an entrance shall be administered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

1:12  Wherefore I will not neglect to put you always in mind of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the present truth.

1:13  And I think it my duty, while I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by way of remembrance:

1:14  knowing that I must soon lay down this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

1:15  And I will endeavour that after my departure also ye may always be able to call these things to remembrance.

1:16  For we did not follow artfully devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; but were eye-witnesses of his majesty.

1:17  For He received from God the Father honor and glory when a voice came to Him from the magnificent glory, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

1:18  And this voice, from heaven we heard, when we were with Him in the holy mount.

1:19  We have also the more sure word of the prophets, to which ye do well to attend, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till the day dawn, and the morning-star rise in your hearts:

1:20  knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation;

1:21  for prophecy was not delivered of old at the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the holy Spirit.