1From: Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus, the Messiah. To: Those who have received faith that is as valuable as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.G4826G4074G1401G2532G652G2424G5547G2975G2472G4102G2254G1722G1343G2316G2532G2257G4990G2424G55472May grace and peace be yours in abundance through full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!G5485G2532G1515G4129G5213G1722G1922G2316G2532G2424G2257G2962
We are Called to Holy Living
3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the full knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.G5613G846G2304G1411G1433G2254G3956G4314G2222G2532G2150G1223G1922G2564G2248G1223G1391G2532G7034Through these he has given us his precious and wonderful promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, seeing that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world caused by evil desires.G1223G3739G1433G2254G3176G2532G5093G1862G2443G1223G5130G1096G2844G2304G5449G668G5356G1722G2889G1722G19395For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,G2532G1161G846G5124G3923G3956G4710G2023G1722G5216G4102G703G1161G1722G703G11086your knowledge with self-control, your self-control with endurance, your endurance with godliness,G1161G1722G1108G1466G1161G1722G1466G5281G1161G1722G5281G21507your godliness with brotherly kindness, and your brotherly kindness with love.G1161G1722G2150G5360G1161G1722G5360G268For if you possess these qualities, and if they continue to increase among you, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in attaining a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.G1063G5023G5225G5213G2532G4121G2525G3756G692G3761G175G1519G1922G2257G2962G2424G55479For the person who lacks these qualities is blind and shortsighted, and has forgotten the cleansing that he has received from his past sins.G1063G3739G3361G3918G5023G2076G5185G3467G3024G2983G2512G846G3819G26610So then, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election certain, for if you keep on doing this you will never fail.G1352G3123G80G4704G4160G5216G2821G2532G1589G949G1063G4160G5023G4218G4417G3364G4218G441711For in this way you will be generously granted entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah.G1063G3779G1529G2023G5213G4146G1519G166G932G2257G2962G2532G4990G2424G554712Therefore, I intend to keep on reminding you about these things, even though you already know them and are firmly established in the truth that you now have.G1352G272G3756G272G5279G5209G104G5279G4012G5130G2539G1492G2532G4741G1722G3918G22513Yet I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I am living in this bodily tent,G1161G2233G1342G1909G3745G1510G1722G5129G4638G1326G5209G1326G1722G528014because I know that the removal of my bodily tent will come soon, as indeed our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, has shown me.G1492G3754G5031G2076G595G3450G4638G2532G2531G2257G2962G2424G5547G1213G342715And I will make every effort to see that you will always remember these things after I am gone.G1161G2532G4704G5209G2192G3326G1699G1841G4160G5130G1539G3420
Pay Attention to God’s Word
16When we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, we did not follow any clever myths. Rather, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.G1063G1811G3756G1811G4679G3454G1107G5213G1411G2532G3952G2257G2962G2424G5547G235G1096G2030G1565G316817For he received honor and glory from God the Father when these words from the Majestic Glory were spoken about him: "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him."G1063G2983G3844G2316G3962G5092G2532G1391G5342G5107G5456G846G5259G3169G1391G3778G2076G3450G27G5207G1519G3739G1473G210618We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.G2532G5026G5456G5342G1537G3772G2249G191G5607G4862G846G1722G40G373519Therefore we regard the message of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp that is shining in a gloomy place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.G2192G2532G949G3056G4397G3739G4160G2573G4337G5613G3088G5316G1722G850G5117G2193G3739G2250G1306G2532G5459G393G1722G5216G258820First of all, you must understand this: No prophecy in Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation,G1097G5124G4412G3754G3756G3956G4394G1124G1096G2398G195521because no prophecy ever originated through a human decision. Instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.G1063G4394G5342G3756G4218G2307G444G235G40G444G2316G2980G5342G5259G40G4151