TheSecondEpistle ofPeter
CHAPTER1
1SimonPeter,aservantandanapostleofJesusChrist,to themthathaveobtainedlikepreciousfaithwithusthrough therighteousnessofGodandourSaviourJesusChrist:
2Graceandpeacebemultiplieduntoyouthroughthe knowledgeofGod,andofJesusourLord,
3Accordingashisdivinepowerhathgivenuntousall thingsthatpertainuntolifeandgodliness,throughthe knowledgeofhimthathathcalledustogloryandvirtue:
4Wherebyaregivenuntousexceedinggreatandprecious promises:thatbytheseyemightbepartakersofthedivine nature,havingescapedthecorruptionthatisintheworld throughlust.
5Andbesidethis,givingalldiligence,addtoyourfaith virtue;andtovirtueknowledge;
6Andtoknowledgetemperance;andtotemperance patience;andtopatiencegodliness;
7Andtogodlinessbrotherlykindness;andtobrotherly kindnesscharity.
8Forifthesethingsbeinyou,andabound,theymakeyou thatyeshallneitherbebarrennorunfruitfulinthe knowledgeofourLordJesusChrist.
9Buthethatlackeththesethingsisblind,andcannotsee afaroff,andhathforgottenthathewaspurgedfromhisold sins.
10Whereforetherather,brethren,givediligencetomake yourcallingandelectionsure:forifyedothesethings,ye shallneverfall:
11Forsoanentranceshallbeministereduntoyou abundantlyintotheeverlastingkingdomofourLordand SaviourJesusChrist.
12WhereforeIwillnotbenegligenttoputyoualwaysin remembranceofthesethings,thoughyeknowthem,andbe establishedinthepresenttruth.
13Yea,Ithinkitmeet,aslongasIaminthistabernacle,to stiryouupbyputtingyouinremembrance;
14KnowingthatshortlyImustputoffthismytabernacle, evenasourLordJesusChristhathshewedme
15MoreoverIwillendeavourthatyemaybeableaftermy deceasetohavethesethingsalwaysinremembrance.
16Forwehavenotfollowedcunninglydevisedfables, whenwemadeknownuntoyouthepowerandcomingof ourLordJesusChrist,butwereeyewitnessesofhismajesty.
17ForhereceivedfromGodtheFatherhonourandglory, whentherecamesuchavoicetohimfromtheexcellent glory,ThisismybelovedSon,inwhomIamwellpleased.
18Andthisvoicewhichcamefromheavenweheard, whenwewerewithhimintheholymount
19Wehavealsoamoresurewordofprophecy;whereunto yedowellthatyetakeheed,asuntoalightthatshinethin adarkplace,untilthedaydawn,andthedaystararisein yourhearts:
20Knowingthisfirst,thatnoprophecyofthescriptureis ofanyprivateinterpretation.
21Fortheprophecycamenotinoldtimebythewillof man:butholymenofGodspakeastheyweremovedby theHolyGhost.
CHAPTER2
1Buttherewerefalseprophetsalsoamongthepeople, evenasthereshallbefalseteachersamongyou,who privilyshallbringindamnableheresies,evendenyingthe Lordthatboughtthem,andbringuponthemselvesswift destruction
2Andmanyshallfollowtheirperniciousways;byreason ofwhomthewayoftruthshallbeevilspokenof 3Andthroughcovetousnessshalltheywithfeignedwords makemerchandiseofyou:whosejudgmentnowofalong timelingerethnot,andtheirdamnationslumberethnot
4ForifGodsparednottheangelsthatsinned,butcast themdowntohell,anddeliveredthemintochainsof darkness,tobereserveduntojudgment;
5Andsparednottheoldworld,butsavedNoahtheeighth person,apreacherofrighteousness,bringingintheflood upontheworldoftheungodly;
6AndturningthecitiesofSodomandGomorrhaintoashes condemnedthemwithanoverthrow,makingtheman ensampleuntothosethataftershouldliveungodly;
7AnddeliveredjustLot,vexedwiththefilthy conversationofthewicked:
8(Forthatrighteousmandwellingamongthem,inseeing andhearing,vexedhisrighteoussoulfromdaytodaywith theirunlawfuldeeds;)
9TheLordknowethhowtodeliverthegodlyoutof temptations,andtoreservetheunjustuntothedayof judgmenttobepunished:
10Butchieflythemthatwalkafterthefleshinthelustof uncleanness,anddespisegovernment.Presumptuousare they,selfwilled,theyarenotafraidtospeakevilof dignities
11Whereasangels,whicharegreaterinpowerandmight, bringnotrailingaccusationagainstthembeforetheLord
12Butthese,asnaturalbrutebeasts,madetobetakenand destroyed,speakevilofthethingsthattheyunderstandnot; andshallutterlyperishintheirowncorruption;
13Andshallreceivetherewardofunrighteousness,asthey thatcountitpleasuretoriotinthedaytime.Spotstheyare andblemishes,sportingthemselveswiththeirown deceivingswhiletheyfeastwithyou;
14Havingeyesfullofadultery,andthatcannotceasefrom sin;beguilingunstablesouls:anhearttheyhaveexercised withcovetouspractices;cursedchildren:
15Whichhaveforsakentherightway,andaregoneastray, followingthewayofBalaamthesonofBosor,wholoved thewagesofunrighteousness;
16Butwasrebukedforhisiniquity:thedumbassspeaking withman'svoiceforbadthemadnessoftheprophet
17Thesearewellswithoutwater,cloudsthatarecarried withatempest;towhomthemistofdarknessisreserved forever
18Forwhentheyspeakgreatswellingwordsofvanity, theyallurethroughthelustsoftheflesh,throughmuch wantonness,thosethatwerecleanescapedfromthemwho liveinerror
19Whiletheypromisethemliberty,theythemselvesare theservantsofcorruption:forofwhomamanisovercome, ofthesameishebroughtinbondage
20Forifaftertheyhaveescapedthepollutionsofthe worldthroughtheknowledgeoftheLordandSaviour JesusChrist,theyareagainentangledtherein,and overcome,thelatterendisworsewiththemthanthe beginning.
21Forithadbeenbetterforthemnottohaveknownthe wayofrighteousness,than,aftertheyhaveknownit,to turnfromtheholycommandmentdelivereduntothem
22Butitishappeneduntothemaccordingtothetrue proverb,Thedogisturnedtohisownvomitagain;andthe sowthatwaswashedtoherwallowinginthemire
CHAPTER3
1Thissecondepistle,beloved,Inowwriteuntoyou;in bothwhichIstirupyourpuremindsbywayof remembrance:
2Thatyemaybemindfulofthewordswhichwerespoken beforebytheholyprophets,andofthecommandmentof ustheapostlesoftheLordandSaviour:
3Knowingthisfirst,thatthereshallcomeinthelastdays scoffers,walkingaftertheirownlusts,
4Andsaying,Whereisthepromiseofhiscoming?for sincethefathersfellasleep,allthingscontinueasthey werefromthebeginningofthecreation.
5Forthistheywillinglyareignorantof,thatbytheword ofGodtheheavenswereofold,andtheearthstandingout ofthewaterandinthewater:
6Wherebytheworldthatthenwas,beingoverflowedwith water,perished:
7Buttheheavensandtheearth,whicharenow,bythe samewordarekeptinstore,reserveduntofireagainstthe dayofjudgmentandperditionofungodlymen
8But,beloved,benotignorantofthisonething,thatone dayiswiththeLordasathousandyears,andathousand yearsasoneday
9TheLordisnotslackconcerninghispromise,assome mencountslackness;butislongsufferingtous-ward,not willingthatanyshouldperish,butthatallshouldcometo repentance.
10ButthedayoftheLordwillcomeasathiefinthenight; inthewhichtheheavensshallpassawaywithagreatnoise, andtheelementsshallmeltwithferventheat,theearthalso andtheworksthatarethereinshallbeburnedup
11Seeingthenthatallthesethingsshallbedissolved,what mannerofpersonsoughtyetobeinallholyconversation andgodliness,
12Lookingforandhastinguntothecomingofthedayof God,whereintheheavensbeingonfireshallbedissolved, andtheelementsshallmeltwithferventheat?
13Neverthelesswe,accordingtohispromise,lookfornew heavensandanewearth,whereindwellethrighteousness
14Wherefore,beloved,seeingthatyelookforsuchthings, bediligentthatyemaybefoundofhiminpeace,without spot,andblameless
15AndaccountthatthelongsufferingofourLordis salvation;evenasourbelovedbrotherPaulalsoaccording tothewisdomgivenuntohimhathwrittenuntoyou;
16Asalsoinallhisepistles,speakinginthemofthese things;inwhicharesomethingshardtobeunderstood, whichtheythatareunlearnedandunstablewrest,asthey doalsotheotherscriptures,untotheirowndestruction.
17Yetherefore,beloved,seeingyeknowthesethings before,bewarelestyealso,beingledawaywiththeerror ofthewicked,fallfromyourownstedfastness
18Butgrowingrace,andintheknowledgeofourLord andSaviourJesusChristTohimbeglorybothnowand foreverAmen