Second Peter for the ALT Bible

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The Second Epistle of Peter the Apostle

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2Peter 1

¹Simon Peter, a slave and an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the ones having obtained [or, having been chosen to have] an equally precious faith with us [or, a faith as valuable as ours] by [the] righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ [i.e., one Person is referred to here; cp. the same construction in 1:11; 2:20; 3:2,18]:

²May grace and peace be multiplied to you* in the full [or, true] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, [i.e., two Persons are referred to here; the construction is different from verse one] ³as [fig., seeing that] His divine power has given to us all the [things] pertaining to life and godliness through the full [or, true] knowledge of the One having called us by glory and excellence, ⁴through which the most precious and great promises have been given to us, so that through these you* shall become participants of a divine nature [or, sharers in [the] divine nature], having escaped from the corruption [that is] in [the] world by lust.

⁵But also [for] this very [reason], having applied all diligence, provide with your* faith moral excellence [or, virtue], and with moral excellence knowledge, ⁶and with knowledge self-control, and with self-control patient endurance, and with patient endurance godliness, ⁷and with godliness brotherly love [fig., affection for fellow-believers], and with brotherly love [Gr., philadelphia] love [Gr., agape]. ⁸For [if] these [qualities] belong to you* and [are] abounding [or, increasing], it makes [you*] neither useless nor unfruitful in regard to the full [or, true] knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹For [the one] with whom these [qualities] are not present is blind, being shortsighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing [or, purgation] of his former sins.

¹⁰For this reason, rather, brothers [and sisters], be eager [or, diligent] to be making certain His calling and choice [or, election] of you*, for these [things] doing, you* shall by no means stumble at any time. ¹¹For in this way, the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied to you*.

¹²For this reason, I will not neglect to be always reminding you* concerning these [things], although you* know [them] and have been established in the present truth. ¹³But I consider [it] right, as long as I am in this tent-like dwelling [fig., this body] to be waking [fig., stirring] you* up by way of reminder, ¹⁴knowing that the taking down of my tent-like dwelling [fig., that my death] is soon, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. [see John 21:18,19] ¹⁵But I will be eager [or, will make every effort] also to cause you* to be having at all times after my departure [Gr., exodus] a remembrance of these [things].

¹⁶For not having followed having been cleverly made-up myths, we made known to you* the power and Arrival [or, Coming] of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having become eyewitnesses of the magnificence of that One. ¹⁷For having received from God [the] Father honor and glory, such a voice being brought [fig., uttered] to Him by the Majestic Glory, “This is My Son--the Beloved--in whom I am well-pleased.” [Matt 17:5] ¹⁸And this voice we heard, being brought [fig., uttered] out of heaven, being with Him on the holy mountain.

¹⁹And we have the prophetic word [made] more certain [or, confirmed], to which you* do well [to be] paying close attention to, as a lamp shining in a dark place, until [the] day dawns and a morning star arises in your hearts [i.e., entire inner selves, including the intellect, volition, and emotions]; ²⁰knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture comes of private interpretation, ²¹for prophecy never came by [the] will of a person, but holy men of God spoke being moved along by [the] Holy Spirit. [cp. 2Tim 3:16]

Scripture taken from the Analytical-Literal Translation of the New Testament of the Holy Bible: Third Edition.
Copyright © 2007 by Gary F. Zeolla of Darkness to Light ministry (www.zeolla.org/christian).
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