12 Wherefore I shall be ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth which is with you. 13 And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me. 15 Yea, I will give diligence that at every time ye may be able after my [l]decease to call these things to remembrance. 16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and [m]coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For he [n]received from God the Father honor and glory, when there was borne such a voice to him by the Majestic Glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: 18 and this voice we ourselves heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount. 19 And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a [o]dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts: 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of [p]private interpretation. 21 For no prophecy ever [q]came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 1:1 Many ancient authorities read Symeon. See Acts 15:14.
- 2 Peter 1:1 Greek bondservant.
- 2 Peter 1:1 Greek an equally precious.
- 2 Peter 1:1 Or, our God and Saviour. Compare verse 11; 2:20; 3:18; Titus 2:13.
- 2 Peter 1:3 Some ancient authorities read through glory and virtue.
- 2 Peter 1:4 Or, a
- 2 Peter 1:6 Or, stedfastness
- 2 Peter 1:6 Or, stedfastness
- 2 Peter 1:7 Greek love of the brethren.
- 2 Peter 1:7 Greek love of the brethren.
- 2 Peter 1:9 Or, closing his eyes
- 2 Peter 1:15 Or, departure
- 2 Peter 1:16 Greek presence.
- 2 Peter 1:17 Greek having received.
- 2 Peter 1:19 Greek squalid.
- 2 Peter 1:20 Or, special
- 2 Peter 1:21 Greek was brought.