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From: Simon Peter, a servant and missionary of Jesus Christ.

To: All of you who have our kind of faith. The faith I speak of is the kind that Jesus Christ our God and Savior gives to us. How precious it is, and how just and good he is to give this same faith to each of us.

Do you want more and more of God’s kindness and peace? Then learn to know him better and better. For as you know him better, he will give you, through his great power, everything you need for living a truly good life: he even shares his own glory and his own goodness with us! And by that same mighty power he has given us all the other rich and wonderful blessings he promised; for instance, the promise to save us from the lust and rottenness all around us, and to give us his own character.

But to obtain these gifts, you need more than faith; you must also work hard to be good, and even that is not enough. For then you must learn to know God better and discover what he wants you to do. Next, learn to put aside your own desires so that you will become patient and godly, gladly letting God have his way with you. This will make possible the next step, which is for you to enjoy other people and to like them, and finally you will grow to love them deeply. The more you go on in this way, the more you will grow strong spiritually and become fruitful and useful to our Lord Jesus Christ. But anyone who fails to go after these additions to faith is blind indeed, or at least very shortsighted and has forgotten that God delivered him from the old life of sin so that now he can live a strong, good life for the Lord.

10 So, dear brothers, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen, and then you will never stumble or fall away. 11 And God will open wide the gates of heaven for you to enter into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

12 I plan to keep on reminding you of these things even though you already know them and are really getting along quite well! 13-14 But the Lord Jesus Christ has shown me that my days here on earth are numbered, and I am soon to die. As long as I am still here I intend to keep sending these reminders to you, 15 hoping to impress them so clearly upon you that you will remember them long after I have gone.

16 For we have not been telling you fairy tales when we explained to you the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and his coming again. My own eyes have seen his splendor and his glory: 17-18 I was there on the holy mountain when he shone out with honor given him by God his Father; I heard that glorious, majestic voice calling down from heaven, saying, “This is my much-loved Son; I am well pleased with him.”

19 So we have seen and proved that what the prophets said came true. You will do well to pay close attention to everything they have written, for, like lights shining into dark corners, their words help us to understand many things that otherwise would be dark and difficult. But when you consider the wonderful truth of the prophets’ words, then the light will dawn in your souls and Christ the Morning Star will shine in your hearts. 20-21 For no prophecy recorded in Scripture was ever thought up by the prophet himself. It was the Holy Spirit within these godly men who gave them true messages from God.

Simon Peter, a servant(A) and apostle of Jesus Christ,(B)

To those who through the righteousness(C) of our God and Savior Jesus Christ(D) have received a faith as precious as ours:

Grace and peace be yours in abundance(E) through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.(F)

Confirming One’s Calling and Election

His divine power(G) has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him(H) who called us(I) by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises,(J) so that through them you may participate in the divine nature,(K) having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.(L)

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;(M) and to knowledge, self-control;(N) and to self-control, perseverance;(O) and to perseverance, godliness;(P) and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.(Q) For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive(R) in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.(S) But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind,(T) forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.(U)

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

Prophecy of Scripture

12 So I will always remind you of these things,(Z) even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth(AA) you now have. 13 I think it is right to refresh your memory(AB) as long as I live in the tent of this body,(AC) 14 because I know that I will soon put it aside,(AD) as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.(AE) 15 And I will make every effort to see that after my departure(AF) 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,(AG) but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.(AH) 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](AI) 18 We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.(AJ)

19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable,(AK) and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light(AL) shining in a dark place, until the day dawns(AM) and the morning star(AN) rises in your hearts.(AO) 20 Above all, you must understand(AP) 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(AQ) as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.(AR)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.
  2. 2 Peter 1:17 Matt. 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35

Ako si Simon Pedro nga alagad kag apostol ni Jesu-Cristo. Nagapangamusta ako sa inyo nga nagatuo kay Jesu-Cristo nga aton Dios kag Manluluwas. Kag tungod nga siya matarong, ang iya ginhatag sa inyo nga pribilehiyo tungod sa inyo pagtuo pareho man sa ginhatag sa amon.

Kabay pa nga mabaton ninyo ang dugang pa gid nga bugay[a] kag paghidaet[b] sa inyo padayon nga pagkilala sa Dios nga amo si Jesus nga aton Ginoo.

Ginpili Kita sang Dios nga mangin Iya mga Anak

Ang gahom sang Dios ang naghatag sa aton sang tanan naton nga mga kinahanglanon sa pagkabuhi nga diosnon paagi sa aton pagkilala sa iya nga nagtawag sa aton. Gintawag niya kita paagi sa iya makatilingala nga gahom. Kag paagi man sini, ginhatagan niya kita sang bilidhon[c] gid nga mga promisa, agod paagi sa sini nga mga promisa maambit naton ang diosnon nga kinaugali kag malikawan ta ang mga kailigbon diri sa kalibutan nga makaguba sa aton. Gani, tinguhai gid ninyo nga idugang sa inyo pagtuo ang maayo nga pamatasan; sa maayo nga pamatasan, ang kaalam; sa kaalam, ang pagpugong sa kaugalingon; sa pagpugong sa kaugalingon, ang pagkamainantuson; sa pagkamainantuson, ang pagkadiosnon; sa pagkadiosnon, ang paghigugma sa aton mga utod kay Cristo; kag sa paghigugma sa aton mga utod kay Cristo, ang paghigugma sa tanan. Kon ini tanan ara sa inyo kag nagabugana, mapuslanon sa Dios ang inyo mga binuhatan sa inyo pagkilala sa aton Ginoong Jesu-Cristo. Pero ang bisan sin-o nga wala sa iya ini nga mga kinaugali bulag sa kamatuoran; nalimtan na niya nga gintinluan na siya sang Dios sa iya nagligad nga mga sala.

10 Gani mga utod ko kay Cristo, tinguhai gid nga masiguro ninyo nga kamo matuod nga mga tinawag kag mga pinili sang Dios. Kay kon himuon ninyo ini nga mga butang indi gid kamo malaglag, 11 kundi mangin bukas ang pagbaton sa inyo sa wala sing katapusan nga paghari sang aton Ginoo kag Manluluwas nga si Jesu-Cristo.

12 Amo ina nga permi ko kamo padumdumon parte sa sini nga mga butang, bisan nahibaluan na ninyo ini kag malig-on na kamo sa kamatuoran nga inyo nabaton. 13 Kon sa akon lang, dapat ko kamo nga padumdumon samtang buhi pa ako. 14 Kay nahibaluan ko nga indi na gid ako magdugay sa sini nga kalibutan, tungod nga ginpahibalo ini mismo sang aton Ginoong Jesu-Cristo sa akon. 15 Gani tinguhaan ko nga bisan wala na ako, madumduman pa gihapon ninyo ining akon mga ginatudlo.

Nakita Namon nga si Cristo Ginpadunggan sang Dios

16 Ang amon ginsugid sa inyo parte sa gahom sang aton Ginoong Jesu-Cristo sang diri pa siya sa kalibutan indi himo-himo lang nga mga sugilanon, kundi nakita gid namon ang iya gahom nga halin sa Dios. 17 Kay sang gindayaw kag ginpadunggan si Jesu-Cristo sang Dios nga Amay, nabatian namon ang tingog sang Dios nga makagagahom sa tanan nga nagsiling, “Amo ini ang akon hinigugma nga Anak. Nalipay gid ako sa iya.” 18 Ini nga tingog nga halin sa langit nabatian namon sang kami kaupod ni Jesus didto sa balaan nga bukid.

19 Amo ina nga nagdugang pa gid ang amon pagpati sa mga pagpanudlo sang mga propeta. Gani dapat pamatian ninyo ang ila mga ginhambal, tungod nga pareho ina sang isa ka suga nga nagasiga sa madulom nga lugar[d] hasta sa adlaw nga si Cristo mag-abot.[e] Pareho siya sang kabugwason[f] nga magahatag sing kasanag sa inyo hunahuna.[g] 20 Labaw sa tanan, tandai gid ninyo ini: ang tanan nga nasulat sa Kasulatan wala naghalin sa kaugalingon nga pag-intiendi sang mga propeta. 21 Tungod nga wala sila naghambal halin sa ila kaugalingon nga hunahuna, kundi ang Espiritu Santo amo ang nagtuytoy sa ila sa paghambal sang pulong sang Dios.

Footnotes

  1. 1:2 bugay: ukon, pagpakamaayo.
  2. 1:2 paghidaet: ukon, maayo nga kahimtangan.
  3. 1:4 bilidhon: sa iban nga Bisaya, bililhon; sa English, precious.
  4. 1:19 nagasiga sa madulom nga lugar: ukon, nagapasanag sa nadulman nga mga hunahuna.
  5. 1:19 hasta sa adlaw nga si Cristo mag-abot: sa literal, hasta nga ang adlaw magbanagbanag.
  6. 1:19 kabugwason: sa English, morning star.
  7. 1:19 hunahuna: sa literal, tagipusuon.