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:
2 - Grace to you, and peace be multiplied in the acknowledgement of God and of Jesus our Lord!
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,
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.
5 - And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,
6 - and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety,
7 - and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;
8 - for these things being to you and abounding, do make <FI>you<Fi> neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ,
9 - for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins;
10 - wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,
11 - for so, richly shall be superadded to you the entrance into the age-during reign of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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,
13 - and I think right, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up in reminding <FI>you<Fi> ,
14 - having known that soon is the laying aside of my tabernacle, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ did shew to me,
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.
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--
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;'
18 - and this voice we--we did hear, out of heaven borne, being with him in the holy mount.
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;
20 - this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition,
21 - for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.
