1 Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith equal in value to ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.
2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
3 because his divine power has bestowed on us all
4 through which things he has bestowed on us his precious and very great promises, so that through these you may become sharers of the divine nature
5 and
6 and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness,
7 and with godliness, brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love.
8 For
9 For
10 Therefore, brothers, be zealous even more to make your calling and election secure, because
11 For in this way entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied for you.
12 Therefore I intend to remind you continually concerning these
13 But I consider
15 And I will also make every effort
16 For we did not make known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
17 For
18 And
19 and we possess
20 recognizing this above all, that every prophecy of scripture does not come about from one’s own interpretation,
21 for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.