2 Peter 1:16-2:10

English Standard Version

Christ's Glory and the Prophetic Word

¹⁶For we did not follow ^(A)cleverly devised ^(B)myths when we made known to you ^(C)the power and ^(D)coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but ^(E)we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. ¹⁷For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, ^(F)“This is my beloved Son,^[a] with whom I am well pleased,” ¹⁸we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on ^(G)the holy mountain. ¹⁹And ^(H)we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention ^(I)as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until ^(J)the day ^(K)dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, ²⁰knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. ²¹For ^(L)no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God ^(M)as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

False Prophets and Teachers

2 But ^(N)false prophets also arose among the people, ^(O)just as there will be false teachers among you, who will ^(P)secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master ^(Q)who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. ²And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth ^(R)will be blasphemed. ³And ^(S)in their greed they will exploit you ^(T)with false words. ^(U)Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

⁴For if God did not spare ^(V)angels when they sinned, but ^(W)cast them into hell^[b] and committed them to chains^[c] of gloomy darkness ^(X)to be kept until the judgment; ⁵if he did not spare the ancient world, but ^(Y)preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought ^(Z)a flood upon the world of the ungodly; ⁶if by ^(AA)turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, ^(AB)making them an example of ^(AC)what is going to happen to the ungodly;^[d] ⁷and ^(AD)if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked ⁸(for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, ^(AE)he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); ⁹then ^(AF)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,^[e] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, ¹⁰and especially ^(AG)those who indulge^[f] in the lust of defiling passion and ^(AH)despise authority.