Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, 2 Peter
Weymouth, Richard Francis, 1822-1902
English
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Book 61 2 Peter
001:001 Simon Peter, a bondservant and Apostle of Jesus Christ: To those
to whom there has been allotted the same precious faith
as that which is ours through the righteousness of our God
and of our Saviour Jesus Christ.
001:002 May more and more grace and peace be granted to you in a full
knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
001:003 seeing that His divine power has given us all things that are
needful for life and godliness, through our knowledge of Him
who has appealed to us by His own glorious perfections.
001:004 It is by means of these that He has granted us His precious
and wondrous promises, in order that through them you may,
one and all, become sharers in the very nature of God,
having completely escaped the corruption which exists
in the world through earthly cravings.
001:005 But for this very reason--adding, on your part, all earnestness--
along with your faith, manifest also a noble character:
along with a noble character, knowledge;
001:006 along with knowledge, self-control; along with self-control,
power of endurance;
001:007 along with power of endurance, godliness; along with godliness,
brotherly affection; and along with brotherly affection, love.
001:008 If these things exist in you, and continually increase,
they prevent your being either idle or unfruitful in advancing
towards a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
001:009 For the man in whom they are lacking is blind and cannot see
distant objects, in that he has forgotten that he has been
cleansed from his old sins.
001:010 For this reason, brethren, be all the more in earnest
to make sure that God has called you and chosen you;
for it is certain that so long as you practise these things,
you will never stumble.
001:011 And so a triumphant admission into the eternal Kingdom of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be freely granted to you.
001:012 For this reason I shall always persist in reminding you
of these things, although you know them and are stedfast
believers in truth which you already possess.
001:013 But I think it right, so long as I remain in the body,
my present dwelling-place, to arouse you by such reminders.
001:014 For I know that the time for me to lay aside my body is now
rapidly drawing near, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has
revealed to me.
001:015 So on every possible occasion I will also do my best to enable
you to recall these things after my departure.
001:016 For when we made known to you the power and Coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ, we were not eagerly following cleverly
devised legends, but we had been eye-witnesses of His majesty.
001:017 He received honour and glory from God the Father, and out
of the wondrous glory words such as these were spoken
to Him, "This is My dearly-loved Son, in whom I take delight."
001:018 And we ourselves heard these words come from Heaven, when we
were with Him on the holy mountain.
001:019 And in the written word of prophecy we have something
more permanent; to which you do well to pay attention--
as to a lamp shining in a dimly-lighted place--until day
dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
001:020 But, above all, remember that no prophecy in Scripture will
be found to have come from the prophet's own prompting;
001:021 for never did any prophecy come by human will, but men sent
by God spoke as they were impelled by the Holy Spirit.
002:001 But there were also false prophets among the people,
as there will be teachers of falsehood among you also,
who will cunningly introduce fatal divisions, disowning even
the Sovereign Lord who has redeemed them, and bringing on
themselves swift destruction.
002:002 And in their immoral ways they will have many eager disciples,
through whom religion will be brought into disrepute.
002:003 Thirsting for riches, they will trade on you with their canting talk.
From of old their judgement has been working itself out,
and their destruction has not been slumbering.
002:004 For God did not spare angels when they had sinned, but hurling
them down to Tartarus consigned them to caves of darkness,
keeping them in readiness for judgement.
002:005 And He did not spare the ancient world, although He preserved Noah,
a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought
a deluge on the world of the ungodly.
002:006 He reduced to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah,
and condemned them to overthrow, making them an example
to people who might in future be living godless lives.
002:007 But when righteous Lot was sore distressed by the gross
misconduct of immoral men He rescued him.
002:008 (For their lawless deeds were torture, day after day,
to the pure soul of that righteous man--all that he saw
and heard whilst living in their midst.)
002:009 Since all this is so, the Lord knows how to rescue godly men
from temptation, and on the other hand how to keep the unrighteous
under punishment in readiness for the Day of Judgement,
002:010 and especially those who are abandoned to sensuality--
craving, as they do, for polluted things, and scorning control.
Fool-hardy and self-willed, they do not tremble when speaking
evil of glorious beings;
002:011 while angels, though greater than they in might and power,
do not bring any insulting accusation against such in the presence
of the Lord.
002:012 But these men, like brute beasts, created (with their
natural instincts) only to be captured or destroyed,
are abusive in matters of which they are ignorant, and in their
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