2 Peter 1
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Greeting
1Simeon # 1:1 Other mss read Simon Peter, # 1:1 Mt 16:17; Lk 6:14; Ac 10:32; 15:14 a servant and an apostle # 1:1 Rm 1:1; Ti 1:1 of Jesus Christ:
To those who have received a faith equal to ours through the righteousness # 1:1 Rm 5:17,21; Php 1:11 of our God and Savior # 1:1 Ti 2:13 Jesus Christ.
2May grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God # 1:2 Jn 17:3; Php 3:8; 2Pt 1:3,8; 2:20; 3:18 and of Jesus our Lord.
Growth in the Faith
3His # 1:3 Lit As his divine power # 1:3 1Pt 1:5 has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge # 1:3 Jn 17:3; Php 3:8; 2Pt 1:2,8; 2:20; 3:18 of him who called # 1:3 1Th 2:12; 2Th 2:14; 1Pt 5:10 us by # 1:3 Or to his own glory and goodness. 4By these he has given us very great and precious promises, # 1:4 Jos 21:45; 1Kg 8:56; Is 38:16; Jr 33:14; Rm 9:4; 15:8; 2Co 7:1 so that through them you may share in the divine nature, # 1:4 Eph 4:24; Heb 12:10; 1Jn 3:2 escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire. 5For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, 6knowledge with self-control, # 1:6 Ac 24:25; Gl 5:23 self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, 7godliness with brotherly affection, # 1:7 Rm 12:10; Heb 13:1; 1Pt 1:22 and brotherly affection with love. 8For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless # 1:8 Jms 2:20 or unfruitful # 1:8 Mt 7:16–21; Gl 5:22; Ti 3:14 in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins. 10Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, # 1:10 Mt 22:14; Rm 11:29; 2Pt 1:3 because if you do these things you will never stumble. 11For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom # 1:11 Col 1:13; 2Tm 4:18 of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
12Therefore I will always remind you about these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth # 1:12 2Co 11:10; Col 1:5–6; 2Jn 2; 3Jn 3–4 you now have. 13I think it is right, as long as I am in this bodily tent, # 1:13 2Co 5:1–4 to wake you up with a reminder, 14since I know that I will soon lay aside my tent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has indeed made clear to me. # 1:14 Jn 21:18–23 15And I will also make every effort so that you are able to recall these things at any time after my departure. # 1:15 Or death
The Trustworthy Prophetic Word
16For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; # 1:16 Mk 13:26; 14:62; 1Th 2:19 instead, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. # 1:16 Mt 17:1–6 17For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying “This is my beloved Son, # 1:17 Or my Son, my beloved with whom I am well-pleased! ” # 1:17 Is 42:1; Mt 3:17; 17:5; Mk 1:11; 9:7; Lk 3:22 18We ourselves heard this voice when it came from heaven while we were with him on the holy mountain. # 1:18 Ps 2:6; Mt 17:1; Mk 9:2; Lk 9:28 19We also have the prophetic word strongly confirmed, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, # 1:19 Ps 119:105 until the day dawns # 1:19 Mal 4:2; Rm 13:12; 2Pt 3:18 and the morning star # 1:19 Nm 24:17; Rv 22:16 rises in your hearts. 20Above all, you know this: No prophecy of Scripture comes from the prophet’s own interpretation, 21because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; # 1:21 Jr 23:26; 2Tm 3:16 instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. # 1:21 2Sm 23:2; Lk 1:70; Ac 1:16; 3:18; 1Pt 1:11
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2 Kefa 1
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1Shim'on Kefa, an eved and Shliach of Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua:
to the ones having obtained, with us,#1:1 Shlichim of Moshiach equally precious#1:1 orthodox Jewish emunah (faith)#1:1 the Emunah of the true Dat HaYehudit in the Tzedek Hashem#1:1 Dan 9:24 of Eloheinu and Moshieinu Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.
2Chesed Hashem and Shalom Hashem to you abundantly in the da'as (personal, saving knowledge) of Hashem and Adoneinu Yehoshua.
3As the gevurat Hashem (the power of G-d) has given us everything for Chayyim (life) and chasidus through the da'as (personal, saving knowledge) of the One Who bestows on us the kri'ah (calling) to His own Kavod (Glory) and Tzidkanut (Righteousness),#1:3 See 1:5-7; 2:5,21; 3:13 4So Hashem has given us precious havtachot gedolot#1:4 3:4,9,13 cf. 2:19 (great promises) that through these promises you might become [regenerate] deveykus participants with the life of the teva haelohi#1:4 cf. Yn 1:13 (divine nature), having escaped the [degenerate] Olam Hazehʼs lust engendered corruption. 5For this very reason, you must apply all zerizut (diligence) to supply emunah with midah hatov (the attribute of virtue), and midah hatov with da'as (knowledge), 6And da'as with shlitah atzmit (self-control), and shlitah atzmit with chozek (fortitude) and chozek with chasidus (piety), 7And chassidus with ahavah shel achvah (brotherly love), and ahavah shel achvah with ahavah (agape). 8For if these midos are in you increasingly, they will forestall you from being batlanim (idlers) and lo poreh (unfruitful) in the da'as (personal saving knowledge) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua. 9For the one with whom these middos chasidus (qualities of piety) are not present is an ivver (blind man), being shortsighted, having forgotten the tohorah (cleansing) of his past averos. 10Therefore, Achim b'Moshiach, be eagerly diligent to make your kri'ah (summons) and bechirah (election) sure, for, if you do these things, you will never fall over a michshol (stumbling block). 11For thus will be richly provided for you the entrance into the Malchut Olam of Adoneinu and Moshieinu Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.
12Therefore, it is my tachlis (purpose, final end) always to remind you concerning these things, even though you have da'as of them and have been stabilized in HaEmes that you have. 13But I consider it befitting, as long as I am in this ohel, to arouse you with a tizkoret (reminder), 14Als (since) I know that the putting off of my mishkan is imminent, as indeed Adoneinu Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua made clear to me. 15And also I am eager to cause you to always possess the zichron (memory) of these things after my exodus.#1:15 T.N. Written shortly before his death al kiddush ha-Shem for his Moshiach. See Bodmer papyrus p72 showing early attestation of this authentic last will and testament of Kefa whom Nero caused to be killed.
16For we had not followed cleverly crafted aggadot or doichek (farfetched) bubbemeises or reid (hearsay) when we made known to you the gevurah (miraculous power) of Adoneinu Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua and the Bi'as HaMoshiach of him; no, we had been edei re'iyah (eyewitnesses) of Moshiachʼs majestic gedulah (greatness). 17For having received from Elohim HaAv kavod va'oz, the bat kol was conveyed to Moshiach by the Majestic Glory, ZEH BENI AHUVI ASHER BO CHAFATSTI#1:17 Ps 2:7; Gn 22:2; Isa 42:1 (This is my Son, the beloved, with whom I am well pleased). 18And this bat kol we heard out of Shomayim, having been brought with Moshiach upon the Har HaKodesh. 19And we have the Dvar HaNevu'ah (Word of Prophecy) made more sure, to which you do well in giving heed as to a menorah shining in a place of choshech until HaYom#1:19 3:18 [of Olam Habah] dawns and the Kochav#1:19 Num 24:17 (Star) haNogah (of Brightness, Venus) rises in your levavot (hearts). 20Knowing this first: that every nevu'ah (prophecy) of the Kitvei Hakodesh is not of the prophetʼs own explanation. 21For no nevu'ah was at any time brought by the ratzon HaBnei Adam (will of Man), but men being carried along by the Ruach Hakodesh spoke from Hashem.
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