1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours in 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 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature.
5 For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
8 For if these things are yours and abound, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 For whoever lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
10 Therefore, brethren, be the more zealous to confirm your call and election, for if you do this you will never fall;
11 so there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
12 Therefore I intend always to remind you of these things, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have.
13 I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to arouse you by way of reminder,
14 since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.
15 And I will see to it that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.
16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17 For when he received honor and glory from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,"
18 we heard this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.
19 And we have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
20 First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation,
21 because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
Versículos relacionados com 2 Peter, 1:
Chapter 1 of 2 Peter deals with the Christian faith and how it must be developed, growing by virtue and knowledge of God. To find related verses, a search was performed throughout the Bible, excluding the verses of 2 Peter 1. Below are the five verses chosen, in order of proximity to the themes of the chapter.
Proverbs 4:18: "But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which is shining more and more until it is a perfect day." This verse talks about the growth of the righteous, which resembles the development of dawn light until it becomes a perfect day. This relates to the theme of the chapter of 2 Peter 1, which emphasizes the need to grow by virtue and knowledge of God.
Colossians 1:10: "In order to live worthy of the Lord, to his fully pleased, fruitful in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God," this verse also talks about growing in the knowledge of God and fruiting in good works , what is in line with the theme of the chapter of 2 Peter 1.
Hebrews 12:1: "Therefore, we, as we have such a great cloud of witnesses, leave us all the embarrassment and sin that so closely surrounds us, and we run, with perseverance, the career that is proposed to us," This verse talks about running with perseverance the race that is proposed to us, which relates to the need to grow by virtue and knowledge of God, theme of the chapter of 2 Peter 1.
1 Corinthians 9:24: "You do not know that in a stadium, all who run, in fact, run, but one takes the prize? This verse also talks about running in such a way that the prize is reached, which is in line with the theme of the chapter of 2 Peter 1.
1 John 2:5: "But he who keeps his Word in Him truly has been perfected the love of God. Where is he who is the one who wins the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? " This verse talks about God's love being perfected in those who keep His Word, which relates to the idea of growing by virtue and knowledge of God, theme of the chapter of 2 Peter 1.
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