¹ Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: ² Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, ³ According as his divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us to glory and virtue: ⁴ Through which+ are given to us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. ⁵ And+ beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; ⁶ And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; ⁷ And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. ⁸ For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that you will neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But he that lacks+ these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten+ that he was purged from his old sins. ¹⁰ why the rather, brothers, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if you do these things, you will+ never fall+ : ¹¹ For so an entrance will be ministered to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. ¹² why I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though you know them, and be established in the present truth. ¹³ Yes, I think it meet, as long as+ I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; ¹⁴ Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has showed me. ¹⁵ Moreover+ I will endeavour that you may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. ¹⁶ For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. ¹⁷ For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in who I am well pleased. ¹⁸ And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. ¹⁹ We have also a more sure word of prophecy; to which you do well that you take care, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until+ the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: ²⁰ Knowing this first, that no+ prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. ²¹ For the prophecy came not long ago by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.