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| 1 Simeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who did obtain a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: |
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| 2 Grace to you, and peace be multiplied in the acknowledgement of God and of Jesus our Lord! |
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| 3 As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness, |
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| 4 through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires. |
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| 5 And this same also all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, |
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| 6 and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety, |
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| 7 and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love; |
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| 8 for these things being to you and abounding, do make [you] neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ, |
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| 9 for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins; |
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| 10 wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble, |
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| 11 for so, richly shall be superadded to you the entrance into the age-during reign of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. |
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| 12 Wherefore, I will not be careless always to remind you concerning these things, though, having known them, and having been established in the present truth, |
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| 13 and I think right, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up in reminding [you], |
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| 14 having known that soon is the laying aside of my tabernacle, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ did shew to me, |
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| 15 and I will be diligent that also at every time ye have, after my outgoing, power to make to yourselves the remembrance of these things. |
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| 16 For, skilfully devised fables not having followed out, we did make known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but eye-witnesses having become of his majesty |
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| 17 for having received from God the Father honour and glory, such a voice being borne to him by the excellent glory: 'This is My Son the beloved, in whom I was well pleased;' |
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| 18 and this voice we we did hear, out of heaven borne, being with him in the holy mount. |
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| 19 And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise in your hearts; |
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| 20 this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition, |
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| 21 for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake. |
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