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Simon Pierre, serviteur et apôtre de Jésus Christ, à ceux qui ont reçu en partage une foi du même prix que la nôtre, par la justice de notre Dieu et du Sauveur Jésus Christ:

que la grâce et la paix vous soient multipliées par la connaissance de Dieu et de Jésus notre Seigneur!

Comme sa divine puissance nous a donné tout ce qui contribue à la vie et à la piété, au moyen de la connaissance de celui qui nous a appelés par sa propre gloire et par sa vertu,

lesquelles nous assurent de sa part les plus grandes et les plus précieuses promesses, afin que par elles vous deveniez participants de la nature divine, en fuyant la corruption qui existe dans le monde par la convoitise,

à cause de cela même, faites tous vos efforts pour joindre à votre foi la vertu, à la vertu la science,

à la science la tempérance, à la tempérance la patience, à la patience la piété,

à la piété l'amour fraternel, à l'amour fraternel la charité.

Car si ces choses sont en vous, et y sont avec abondance, elles ne vous laisseront point oisifs ni stériles pour la connaissance de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ.

Mais celui en qui ces choses ne sont point est aveugle, il ne voit pas de loin, et il a mis en oubli la purification de ses anciens péchés.

10 C'est pourquoi, frères, appliquez-vous d'autant plus à affermir votre vocation et votre élection; car, en faisant cela, vous ne broncherez jamais.

11 C'est ainsi, en effet, que l'entrée dans le royaume éternel de notre Seigneur et Sauveur Jésus Christ vous sera pleinement accordée.

12 Voilà pourquoi je prendrai soin de vous rappeler ces choses, bien que vous les sachiez et que vous soyez affermis dans la vérité présente.

13 Et je regarde comme un devoir, aussi longtemps que je suis dans cette tente, de vous tenir en éveil par des avertissements,

14 car je sais que je la quitterai subitement, ainsi que notre Seigneur Jésus Christ me l'a fait connaître.

15 Mais j'aurai soin qu'après mon départ vous puissiez toujours vous souvenir de ces choses.

16 Ce n'est pas, en effet, en suivant des fables habilement conçues, que nous vous avons fait connaître la puissance et l'avènement de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ, mais c'est comme ayant vu sa majesté de nos propres yeux.

17 Car il a reçu de Dieu le Père honneur et gloire, quand la gloire magnifique lui fit entendre une voix qui disait: Celui-ci est mon Fils bien-aimé, en qui j'ai mis toute mon affection.

18 Et nous avons entendu cette voix venant du ciel, lorsque nous étions avec lui sur la sainte montagne.

19 Et nous tenons pour d'autant plus certaine la parole prophétique, à laquelle vous faites bien de prêter attention, comme à une lampe qui brille dans un lieu obscur, jusqu'à ce que le jour vienne à paraître et que l'étoile du matin se lève dans vos coeurs;

20 sachant tout d'abord vous-mêmes qu'aucune prophétie de l'Écriture ne peut être un objet d'interprétation particulière,

21 car ce n'est pas par une volonté d'homme qu'une prophétie a jamais été apportée, mais c'est poussés par le Saint Esprit que des hommes ont parlé de la part de Dieu.

예수 그리스도의 종이며 사도인 시몬 베드로는 우리 하나님과 구주 예수 그리스 도의 의를 통해 우리와 같이 소중한 믿음을 받은 여러분에게

하나님과 예수 그리스도를 아는 지식으로 은혜와 평안이 더욱 넘치기를 기도합니다.

하나님을 더 잘 알자

그리스도께서는 신적인 능력으로 생명과 경건에 관한 모든 것을 우리에게 주셨습니다. 이것은 자신의 영광과 선으로써 우리를 부르신 분을 우리가 알게 될 때 얻어지는 것입니다.

이것으로 그리스도는 아주 소중하고 중대한 약속을 우리에게 주셨으며 이 약속을 통해 여러분이 세상의 파괴적인 정욕을 피하여 신의 성품에 참여하도록 하셨습니다.

그러므로 여러분은 최선을 다하여 여러분의 믿음에 선을, 선에 지식을,

지식에 절제를, 절제에 인내를, 인내에

경건을, 경건에 형제 우애를, 형제 우애에 사랑을 더하십시오.

이런 것들을 넉넉히 갖춘다면 여러분은 우리 주 예수 그리스도를 아는 지식이 더욱 풍부해질 것입니다.

그러나 이런 것을 갖추지 못한 사람은 앞 못 보는 소경이며 자기의 옛 죄가 깨끗해진 것을 잊어버린 사람입니다.

10 그러므로 형제 여러분, 더욱 힘써 하나님이 여러분을 불러 주시고 선택해 주셨다는 데 대한 확실한 경험을 갖도록 하십시오. 그러면 여러분이 넘어지지 않고

11 우리 주 예수 그리스도의 영원한 나라에 넉넉히 들어가게 될 것입니다.

12 여러분이 이런 일을 잘 알고 또 여러분이 받은 진리에 굳게 서 있겠지만 나는 언제나 여러분에게 이 일을 일깨워 주려고 합니다.

13 나는 이 육체의 천막 속에 사는 동안 여러분에게 이런 것을 일깨워 주는 것이 옳다고 생각합니다.

14 그것은 우리 주 예수 그리스도께서 나에게 분명히 보여 주신 대로 내가 이 육체의 천막을 벗어 버릴 날이 가까웠다는 것을 알고 있기 때문입니다.

15 그래서 내가 이 세상을 떠난 뒤에라도 여러분이 언제든지 이 일을 잊지 않도록 열심히 일깨워 주려는 것입니다.

16 우리 주 예수 그리스도의 능력과 다시 오심을 여러분에게 말할 때 우리는 꾸며낸 이야기를 전한 것이 아닙니다. 우리는 그분의 위엄 있는 모습을 똑똑히 보았습니다.

17 장엄한 영광 가운데서 “이 사람은 내가 사랑하고 기뻐하는 내 아들이다” 라는 음성이 들릴 때 예수님은 하나님 아버지께 영광과 존귀를 받으셨습니다.

18 우리도 거룩한 산에서 그분과 함께 있을 때 하늘에서 들려온 그 소리를 들었습니다.

19 그리고 우리에게는 보다 확실한 예언의 말씀이 있습니다. 날이 새어 샛별이 여러분의 마음에 떠오를 때까지 여러분은 어두움을 밝혀 주는 등불과 같은 그 말씀에 귀를 기울이는 것이 좋습니다.

20 그러나 먼저 알아야 할 것은 성경의 예언을 자기 멋대로 해석해서는 안 된다는 점입니다.

21 예언은 결코 사람의 뜻에서 나온 것이 아니라 성령님의 감동을 받은 사람들이 하나님에게 받아 말한 것이기 때문입니다.

God has given to us everything that we need to be his people

This letter is from me, Simon Peter. I am Jesus Christ's servant and his apostle.

I am writing to you people who believe in Jesus Christ, as we do. That is a valuable gift that God has given to us all. He has done this because Jesus is completely good and right. Jesus is the one who saves us. He is the God that we serve.

I pray that God will help you and give you peace in your minds more and more. You will grow as believers because you know God and you know Jesus, our Lord.

God is very powerful because he is God. He has used that power to help us. He has given us everything that we need to live in a good way. We can do things that make God happy. This is possible because now we know him. God has chosen us to be his people because he is very great and very good. Because of this, God has promised that he will do very great and valuable things for us. As a result, you can do what is right, like God does. The people who belong to this world want to do bad things. Those bad things make them become worse and worse. But God gives you the power to be free from all that.

God has done all this to help you. So now that you believe in Christ, you must grow as believers. Try very much to do always what is good. Then you should grow to know God more and more. Then you should learn to control yourselves properly. That is not all. You should also learn to be patient and brave. And you should live in a way that pleases God. You should not only please God, but you should be kind to other believers. You should not only love other believers, but you must also love all people.

You should continue to grow as believers in all these ways. Then it will show that you really know our Lord Jesus Christ. People will see that your life has good results. But some people do not live in these good ways. They do not think that these things are important. They are like blind people. They cannot really see anything properly. They have forgotten that God has made them clean from all the sins that they did in past times.

10 So, my friends, try very much to live in a way that pleases God. God has chosen you to be his own people. Show that you really do belong to him! If you do these things, you will never turn away from God. 11 Then God will bring you safely into the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ that continues for ever. Jesus Christ is our Saviour and God will be happy to welcome you into his kingdom.

12 You already know these things. You know that they are completely true. But because they are important, I will continue to tell you about them again and again. 13 While I am still alive on this earth I will continue to make sure that you remember them. I think that it is right for me to do that. 14 I know that I will die soon. Our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me that clearly. 15 After I am no longer with you, I want you still to remember what I have told you. So I will make sure that you have something to help you not to forget.

Peter himself saw how great Christ is

16 We told you that our Lord Jesus Christ is powerful. We also told you that he will return to earth again. We were not telling you false stories that came from people's clever ideas. Instead, we were telling you what we ourselves had seen. We ourselves saw that the Lord Jesus is very great. 17-18 We were with him on the holy mountain when his Father God spoke to him.[a] God gave honour to his Son, Jesus, and he said that Jesus is great. We ourselves heard God's voice speak to Jesus from heaven above where God rules with power. He said: ‘This is my Son and I love him. He makes me very happy.’

God's messages in the Bible are very important

19 As well as that, we have the prophets' messages from long ago. They also show us very clearly that these things are true. The prophets' words are like a light that shines in a dark place. That light continues to shine in the dark until the dawn comes. So you need to think about those messages carefully. Then the morning star will rise and it will bring light deep inside you.[b] 20 It is very important that you should understand this: The prophets' messages in the Bible did not come from their own ideas. That never happens. 21 None of the prophets' messages came because any person wanted to say something. Instead, God's Holy Spirit caused people to speak words that came from God.[c]

Footnotes

  1. 1:17-18 Peter, James and John saw Jesus when he shone brightly on the mountain. They heard God speak to Jesus. See Matthew 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36.
  2. 1:19 God's prophets spoke messages about the Messiah who would come in the future. That was like a light which shone in a dark place. But when Jesus returns to the earth, that will be like the dawn. Jesus brings the light of day. The morning star appears in the sky just before the sunrise. It is very bright. It shows us that the day is coming. In Revelation 22:16, Jesus says that he is the morning star.
  3. 1:21 Peter was talking about the prophets' messages that are written in the Old Testament.

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