II Peter….
Kefa Bet
1:1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of
Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the
righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 1:2Grace to you and peace be multiplied
in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 1:3seeing that his divine power has
granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the
knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue; 1:4by which he has granted to us his
precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become
partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in
the world by lust. 1:5Yes,
and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith
supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; 1:6and in knowledge, self-control; and in
self-control patience; and in patience godliness; 1:7and in godliness brotherly affection;
and in brotherly affection, love. 1:8For
if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor
unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:9For he who lacks these things is
blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old
sins. 1:10Therefore,
brothers, be
more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these
things, you will never stumble. 1:11For
thus will be richly supplied to you the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of
our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
1:12Therefore I will not be negligent to
remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the
present truth. 1:13I
think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding
you; 1:14knowing
that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ
made clear to me. 1:15Yes,
I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things
even after my departure. 1:16For
we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the
power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his
majesty. 1:17For
he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him
from the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased." 1:18This
voice we heard come out of heaven when we were with him in the holy mountain.
1:19We have the more sure word of prophecy;
whereunto you do well that you take heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark
place, until the day dawns, and the day star arises in your hearts: 1:20knowing this
first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation. 1:21For no prophecy
ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the
Holy Spirit.
2:1But there also arose false prophets among
the people, as among you also there will be false teachers, who will secretly
bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them,
bringing on themselves swift destruction. 2:2Many will follow their immoral ways, and
as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned. 2:3In covetousness they will exploit you
with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn't linger, and
their destruction will not slumber. 2:4For if God didn't spare angels when they sinned,
but cast them down to Tartarus, and
committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved to judgment; 2:5and didn't spare the ancient world,
but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he
brought a flood on the world of the ungodly; 2:6and turning the cities of Sodom and
Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an
example to those who would live ungodly; 2:7and delivered righteous Lot, who was
very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked 2:8(for that righteous man dwelling among
them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and
hearing lawless deeds): 2:9the
Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the
unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment; 2:10but chiefly those who walk after the
flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed,
they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries; 2:11whereas angels, though greater in
might and power, don't bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.
2:12But these,
as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed,
speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their
destroying surely be destroyed, 2:13receiving
the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the
day-time, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceit while they feast with
you; 2:14having
eyes full of adultery, and who can't cease from sin; enticing unsettled
souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing; 2:15forsaking the right way, they went
astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor,
who loved the wages of wrong-doing; 2:16but he was rebuked for his own
disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with man's voice and stopped the madness of
the prophet. 2:17These
are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of
darkness has been reserved forever. 2:18For, uttering great swelling words of
emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those
who are indeed escaping from those who live in error; 2:19promising them liberty, while they
themselves are bondservants of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by
the same is he also brought into bondage.
2:20For if, after they have escaped the
defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state has
become worse with them than the first. 2:21For it would be better for them not
to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back
from the holy commandment delivered to them. 2:22But it has happened to them according
to the true proverb, "The dog turns to his own vomit again," and
"the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire."
3:1This is now, beloved, the second letter
that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind
by reminding you; 3:2that
you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets,
and the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior: 3:3knowing this
first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own
lusts, 3:4and
saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the
fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of
the creation." 3:5For
this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth
formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God; 3:6by which means the world that then
was, being overflowed with water, perished. 3:7But the heavens that now are, and the
earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against
the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. 3:8But don't forget this one thing,
beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand
years as one day. 3:9The
Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is
patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come
to repentance. 3:10But
the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens
will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with
fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 3:11Therefore since
all these things are thus to be destroyed, what manner of persons ought you
to be in holy living and godliness, 3:12looking for and earnestly desiring
the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire
will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 3:13But, according
to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwells
righteousness.
3:14Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look
for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and
blameless in his sight. 3:15Regard
the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also,
according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you; 3:16as also in all of his letters,
speaking in them of these things. In those are some things hard to be
understood, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the
other Scriptures, to their own destruction. 3:17You therefore, beloved, knowing these
things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the
wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness. 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and
forever. Amen.
Notes:
[1] back
to 1:10 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or
"siblings."
[2] back to 2:2 TR
reads "destructive" instead of "immoral"
[3] back to 2:4
Tartarus is another name for Hell
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