1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:G4826G4074G1401G2532G652G2424G5547G2975G2472G4102G2254G1722G1343G2316G2532G2257G4990G2424G55472Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.G5485G2532G1515G4129G5213G1722G1922G2316G2532G2424G2257G29623His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.G5613G846G2304G1411G1433G2254G3956G4314G2222G2532G2150G1223G1922G2564G2248G1223G1391G2532G7034Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.G1223G3739G1433G2254G3176G2532G5093G1862G2443G1223G5130G1096G2844G2304G5449G668G5356G1722G2889G1722G19395For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;G2532G1161G846G5124G3923G3956G4710G2023G1722G5216G4102G703G1161G1722G703G11086and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;G1161G1722G1108G1466G1161G1722G1466G5281G1161G1722G5281G21507and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.G1161G1722G2150G5360G1161G1722G5360G268For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.G1063G5023G5225G5213G2532G4121G2525G3756G692G3761G175G1519G1922G2257G2962G2424G55479But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.G1063G3739G3361G3918G5023G2076G5185G3467G3024G2983G2512G846G3819G26610Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall,G1352G3123G80G4704G4160G5216G2821G2532G1589G949G1063G4160G5023G4218G4417G3364G4218G441711and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.G1063G3779G1529G2023G5213G4146G1519G166G932G2257G2962G2532G4990G2424G554712So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.G1352G272G3756G272G5279G5209G104G5279G4012G5130G2539G1492G2532G4741G1722G3918G22513I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,G1161G2233G1342G1909G3745G1510G1722G5129G4638G1326G5209G1326G1722G528014because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.G1492G3754G5031G2076G595G3450G4638G2532G2531G2257G2962G2424G5547G1213G342715And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.G1161G2532G4704G5209G2192G3326G1699G1841G4160G5130G1539G342016We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.G1063G1811G3756G1811G4679G3454G1107G5213G1411G2532G3952G2257G2962G2424G5547G235G1096G2030G1565G316817For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."G1063G2983G3844G2316G3962G5092G2532G1391G5342G5107G5456G846G5259G3169G1391G3778G2076G3450G27G5207G1519G3739G1473G210618We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.G2532G5026G5456G5342G1537G3772G2249G191G5607G4862G846G1722G40G373519And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.G2192G2532G949G3056G4397G3739G4160G2573G4337G5613G3088G5316G1722G850G5117G2193G3739G2250G1306G2532G5459G393G1722G5216G258820Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation.G1097G5124G4412G3754G3756G3956G4394G1124G1096G2398G195521For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.G1063G4394G5342G3756G4218G2307G444G235G40G444G2316G2980G5342G5259G40G4151