2 Peter 1:12-21

Make Your Calling and Election Sure

12 Therefore I intend t always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in u the truth that you have. 13 I think it right, as long as I am in this v body, 1 w to stir you up by way of reminder, 14 x since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, y as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. 15 And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.

Christ's Glory and the Prophetic Word

16 For we did not follow z cleverly devised a myths when we made known to you b the power and c coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but d 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, e "This is my beloved Son, 2 with whom I am well pleased," 18 we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on f the holy mountain. 19 And g we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention h as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until i the day j dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, 20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. 21 For k no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God l as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

  1. Cross References
    Jude 1:5
    Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
    Romans 15:14 - 15
    I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.
    Philippians 3:1
    Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.
    1 John 2:21
    I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
  2. Cross References
    2 John 1:2
    Because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:
  3. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 5:1
    For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
    2 Corinthians 5:4
    For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened - not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
  4. Cross References
    2 Peter 3:1
    This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:21 - 22
    Furthermore, the Lord was angry with me because of you, and he swore that I should not cross the Jordan, and that I should not enter the good land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.
    Deuteronomy 31:14
    And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, the days approach when you must die. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may commission him." And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
    2 Timothy 4:6
    For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.
  6. Cross References
    John 21:18 - 19
    Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.
  7. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 1:17
    For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
  8. Cross References
    1 Timothy 1:4
    Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.
  9. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 2:4
    And my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
  10. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 2:19
    For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
  11. Cross References
    Matthew 17:1 - 2
    And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
    Matthew 17:6
    When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified.
    Mark 9:2
    And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them.
    Luke 9:28 - 29
    Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
    John 1:14
    And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  12. Cross References
    Matthew 17:5
    He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.
    Mark 9:7
    And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him.
    Luke 9:35
    And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, my Chosen One; listen to him!
    Matthew 3:17
    And behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 3:5
    Then he said, "Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.
    Joshua 5:15
    And the commander of the Lord 's army said to Joshua, "Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so.
  14. Cross References
    1 Peter 1:10
    Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 119:105
    Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
    John 5:35
    He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
  16. Cross References
    Revelation 2:28
    And I will give him the morning star.
    Revelation 22:16
    "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star."
    Malachi 4:2
    But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
  17. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 4:6
    For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  18. Cross References
    2 Timothy 3:16
    All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.
  19. Cross References
    1 Peter 1:11
    Inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.
    2 Samuel 23:2
    The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me; his word is on my tongue.
    Luke 1:70
    As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old.
    Acts 1:16
    Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
    Acts 3:18
    But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
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