Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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1 From Simon Peter, a servant
and apostle of Jesus Christ—
1 To those who through the righteousness
of our God and Savior
Jesus Christ have been given a faith
as precious as ours:
2 May grace and peace be yours in
full measure through your knowledge
of God and of Jesus our Lord.
God's Call and Choice
3 God's divine power has given us
everything we need to live a truly religious
life through our knowledge of
the one who called us to share in his
own note glory and goodness.
4 In this
way he has given us the very great
and precious gifts he promised, so
that by means of these gifts you may
escape from the destructive lust that
is in the world, and may come to
share the divine nature.
5 For this
very reason do your best to add
goodness to your faith; to your goodness
add knowledge;
6 to your
knowledge add self-control; to
your self-control add endurance;
to your endurance add godliness;
7 to your godliness add brotherly affection;
and to your brotherly affection
add love.
8 These are the qualities
you need, and if you have them
in abundance, they will make you
active and effective in your knowledge
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But
whoever does not have them is so
shortsighted that he cannot see and
has forgotten that he has been purified
from his past sins.
10 So then, my brothers, try even
harder to make God's call and his
choice of you a permanent experience;
if you do so, you will never
abandon your faith. note
11 In this way
you will be given the full right to enter
the eternal Kingdom of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ.
12 And so I will always remind you
of these matters, even though you
already know them and are firmly
grounded in the truth you have received.
13 I think it only right for me
to stir up your memory of these matters
as long as I am still alive.
14 I
know that I shall soon put off this
mortal body, as our Lord Jesus
Christ plainly told me.
15 I will do my
best, then, to provide a way for you
to remember these matters at all
times after my death.
Eyewitnesses of Christ's Glory
16 We have not depended on made-up
stories in making known to you
the mighty coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ. With our own eyes we saw
his greatness.
17 We were there when
he was given honor and glory by
God the Father, when the voice
came to him from the Supreme Glory,
saying, “This is my own dear
Son, with whom I am pleased!”
18 We ourselves heard this voice
coming from heaven, when we were
with him on the holy mountain. note
19 So we are even more confident
of the message proclaimed by the
prophets. You will do well to pay attention
to it, because it is like a lamp
shining in a dark place until the Day
dawns and the light of the morning
star shines in your hearts.
20 Above
all else, however, remember that no
-- --
one can explain by himself a prophecy
in the Scriptures.
21 For no prophetic
message ever came just from
the will of man, but men were under
the control of the Holy Spirit as they
spoke the message that came from
God.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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