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Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
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Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
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Confirming One’s Calling and Election
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
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and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
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and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
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For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
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For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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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.”
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For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
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For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
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if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
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If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.
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But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.
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Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives
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as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.
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Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.
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But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
