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1 1Greetings from Simon Peter, a servant and apostlea of Jesus Christ.
To all of you who share in the same valuable faith that we have. This faith was given to us because our God and Savior Jesus Christ always does what is good and right.
2Graceb and peace be given to you more and more, because now you know God and Jesus our Lord.
God Has Given Us Everything We Need 3Jesus has the power of God. And his power has given us everything we need to live a life devoted to God. We have these things because we know him. Jesus chose us by his gloryc and goodness, 4through which he also gave us the very great and rich gifts that he promised us. With these gifts you can share in being like God. And so you will escape the ruin that comes to people in the world because of the evil things they want.
5Because you have these blessings, do all you can to add to your life these things: to your faith add goodness; to your goodness add knowledge; 6to your knowledge add self-control; to your self-control add patience; to your patience add devotion to God; 7to your devotion add kindness toward your brothers and sisters in Christ, and to this kindness add love. 8If all these things are in you and growing, you will never fail to be useful to God. You will produce the kind of fruit that should come from your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But those who don't grow in these blessings are blind. They cannot see clearly what they have. They have forgotten that they were cleansed from their past sins.
10My brothers and sisters, God called you and chose you to be his. Do your best to live in a way that shows you really are God's called and chosen people. If you do all this, you will never fall. 11And you will be given a very great welcome into the kingdomd of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, a kingdom that never ends.
12You already know these things. You are very strong in the truth you have. But I am always going to help you remember them. 13While I am still living here on earth, I think it is right for me to remind you of them. 14I know that I must soon leave this body. Our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me that. 15I will try my best to make sure you remember these things even after I am gone.
We Saw Christ’s Glory 16We told you about the power of our Lord Jesus Christ. We told you about his coming. The things we told you were not just clever stories that people invented. No, we saw the greatness of Jesus with our own eyes. 17Jesus heard the voice of the great and glorious God. That was when he received honor and gloryc from God the Father. The voice said, "This is my Son, the one I love. I am very pleased with him." 18And we heard that voice. It came from heaven while we were with Jesus on the holy mountain.e
19This makes us more sure about what the prophetsf said. And it is good for you to follow closely what they said, which is like a light shining in a dark place. You have that light until the day begins and the morning star brings new light to your minds. 20Most important of all, you must understand this: No prophecyg in the Scripturesh comes from the prophet's own understanding. 21No prophecy ever came from what some person wanted to say. But people were led by the Holy Spiriti and spoke words from God.
aapostle A follower of Jesus chosen to represent him in a special way. During his earthly ministry, Jesus named twelve men as apostles. They had the specific responsibility and authority to represent him and proclaim his message throughout the world. Later, he appeared to Paul and gave him a similar commission, especially to non-Jewish people. Barnabas, Paul’s missionary companion, and James, the brother of Jesus, are also called apostles, as well as several others in the New Testament. Some of these occurrences of the word, however, have the more general sense of “messenger” or “representative.”
bgrace The love and kindness that God shows in his complete willingness to give people favors he does not owe them and blessings they don’t deserve.
cglory A word that refers to the special qualities of God. Often it means brightness, referring to the way he appears to people. Sometimes it means majesty or power, referring to a kind of greatness that cannot be compared to anything in human experience. It can also include the ideas of wealth, honor, fame, or respect, especially in expressions of praise.
dkingdom See “God’s kingdom.”
e1:17-18 This event is described in the gospels. See Mt. 17:1-8; Mk. 9:2-8; Lk. 9:28-36.
fprophet A person who speaks a message from God. Many of the books in the Old Testament are messages spoken or written by “the prophets,” who were some of those God chose to speak for him. God often used dreams or visions to tell or show his prophets what they should say.
gprophecy A message or teaching from God. Also, the ability and authority from God to speak for him.
hScripture Part of the Scriptures or “Holy Writings” - the Old Testament.
iHoly Spirit Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. In union with God and Christ, he does God’s work among people in the world.
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