2 Peter 1:1,2
ADDRESS AND SALUTATION.... [ Continue Reading ]
ADDRESS AND SALUTATION.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST:... [ Continue Reading ]
GRACE AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED UNTO YOU THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS, OUR LORD. The writer here introduces himself with great solemnity: Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained an equally precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and of... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORDING AS HIS DIVINE POWER HATH GIVEN UNTO US ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN UNTO LIFE AND GODLINESS, THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM THAT HATH CALLED US TO GLORY AND VIRTUE;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED UPON THE BELIEVERS BY THE RICH PROMISES OF GOD. God's promises and the Christian virtues:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREBY ARE GIVEN UNTO US EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES; THAT BY THESE YE MIGHT BE PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE, HAVING ESCAPED THE CORRUPTION THAT IS IN THE WORLD THROUGH LUST.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BESIDE THIS, GIVING ALL DILIGENCE, ADD TO YOUR FAITH VIRTUE; AND TO VIRTUE, KNOWLEDGE;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND TO KNOWLEDGE, TEMPERANCE; AND TO TEMPERANCE, PATIENCE; AND TO PATIENCE, GODLINESS;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND TO GODLINESS, BROTHERLY KINDNESS; AND TO BROTHERLY KINDNESS, CHARITY. Peter assumes from the outset that his readers are, without exception, believers, that they have all become partakers of the grace and peace of God through faith. Upon this fact he bases his entire discussion: Forasmuch as His... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IF THESE THINGS BE IN YOU AND ABOUND, THEY MAKE YOU THAT YE SHALL NEITHER BE BARREN NOR UNFRUITFUL IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
The fruitful diligence of the Christians:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT HE THAT LACKETH THESE THINGS IS BLIND AND CANNOT SEE AFAR OFF, AND HATH FORGOTTEN THAT HE WAS PURGED FROM HIS OLD SINS.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE THE RATHER, BRETHREN, GIVE DILIGENCE TO MAKE YOUR CALLING AND ELECTION SURE; FOR IF YE DO THESE THINGS, YE SHALL NEVER FALL;... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR SO AN ENTRANCE SHALL BE MINISTERED UNTO YOU ABUNDANTLY INTO THE EVERLASTING KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. Having depicted the way of sanctification, the development of a Christian in holiness, the apostle shows how self-evident is the life of good works: For as these virtues exist... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE I WILL NOT BE NEGLIGENT TO PUT YOU ALWAYS IN REMEMBRANCE OF THESE THINGS, THOUGH YE KNOW THEM AND BE ESTABLISHED IN THE PRESENT TRUTH.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RELIABILITY OF THE GOSPEL AND OF THE PROPHECY. The apostles as witnesses of Christ's majesty:... [ Continue Reading ]
YEA, I THINK IT MEET, AS LONG AS I AM IN THIS TABERNACLE, TO STIR YOU UP BY PUTTING YOU IN REMEMBRANCE,... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWING THAT SHORTLY I MUST PUT OFF THIS TABERNACLE, EVEN AS OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HATH SHOWED ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOREOVER, I WILL ENDEAVOR THAT YE MAY BE ABLE AFTER MY DECEASE TO HAVE THESE THINGS ALWAYS IN REMEMBRANCE.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WE HAVE NOT FOLLOWED CUNNINGLY DEVISED FABLES WHEN WE MADE KNOWN UNTO YOU THE POWER AND COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, BUT WERE EYE-WITNESSES OF HIS MAJESTY.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE RECEIVED FROM GOD THE FATHER HONOR AND GLORY WHEN THERE CAME SUCH A VOICE TO HIM FROM THE EXCELLENT GLORY, THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THIS VOICE WHICH CAME FROM HEAVEN WE HEARD WHEN WE WERE WITH HIM IN THE HOLY MOUNT. That Peter had not forgotten the commission of the Lord given to him on the shores of the Sea of Galilee is shown in the solicitude which he here displays for the spiritual welfare of his readers: Therefore I sha... [ Continue Reading ]
WE HAVE ALSO A MORE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY, WHEREUNTO YE DO WELL THAT YE TAKE HEED, AS UNTO A LIGHT THAT SHINETH IN A DARK PLACE, UNTIL THE DAY DAWN AND THE DAY-STAR ARISE IN YOUR HEARTS;... [ Continue Reading ]
The sure word of prophecy:... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWING THIS FIRST, THAT NO PROPHECY OF THE SCRIPTURE IS OF ANY PRIVATE INTERPRETATION.... [ Continue Reading ]
for THE PROPHECY CAME NOT IN OLD TIME BY THE WILL OF MAN; BUT HOLY MEN OF GOD SPAKE AS THEY WERE MOVED BY THE HOLY GHOST. One reason for the acceptance of the doctrine as taught by him St. Peter has given. But in this paragraph he speaks with even greater emphasis: And we have the prophetic Word as... [ Continue Reading ]