2 Peter 1:8-21

New International Version

⁸ For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive^(A) in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.^{(B) 9} But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind,^(C) forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.^(D)

¹⁰ Therefore, my brothers and sisters,^[a] make every effort to confirm your calling^(E) and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,^{(F) 11} and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom^(G) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.^(H)

Prophecy of Scripture

¹² So I will always remind you of these things,^(I) even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth^(J) you now have. ¹³ I think it is right to refresh your memory^(K) as long as I live in the tent of this body,^{(L) 14} because I know that I will soon put it aside,^(M) as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.^{(N) 15} And I will make every effort to see that after my departure^(O) you will always be able to remember these things.

¹⁶ For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power,^(P) but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.^{(Q) 17} He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”^{[b](R) 18} We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.^(S)

¹⁹ We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable,^(T) and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light^(U) shining in a dark place, until the day dawns^(V) and the morning star^(W) rises in your hearts.^{(X) 20} Above all, you must understand^(Y) that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. ²¹ For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God^(Z) as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.^(AA)