New King James Version
Greeting the Faithful
1 Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have [a]obtained like[b] precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,
4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the [c]corruption that is in the world through lust.
Fruitful Growth in the Faith
5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control [d]perseverance, to perseverance godliness,
7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither [e]barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;
11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Peter’s Approaching Death
12 For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.
13 Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this [f]tent, to stir you up by reminding you,
14 knowing that shortly I must [g]put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.
15 Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my [h]decease.
The Trustworthy Prophetic Word
16 For we did not follow 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 honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
19 [i]And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;
20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private [j]interpretation,
21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but [k]holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
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18 Когда «святыми» называются предметы, то это понятие — «святой» или «освященный» — просто означает «отделенный для Бога», или освященный Его присутствием.
19 «Вернейшее» — в том смысле, что это «пророческое слово» частично исполнилось. Исполнение пророчеств служит доказательством их Богoдухновенности, потому что в Священном Писании будущие события была предсказаны столь задолго до их осуществления, что никакой человеческой проницательностью или свойственной людям способностью к предвидению объяснить этого нельзя, тем более, несерьёзно ссылаться на счастливые догадки, поскольку Библейские предсказания — подробны и детальны до мелочей. Сотни таких точных и подробных предсказаний о людях и событиях в Израиле, на земле Ханаанской, в Вавилоне, Ассирии и Египте — о вещах столь. древних и неповторимых, что кажутся невероятными, — . было сделано на страницах Библии, и никакой смертный не мог бы их предвидеть; однако они исполнились — волею ли стихий или обстоятельств, людей ли, которые не только ничего не знали о них заранее и совершенно не верили в них, но порой и боролись против них отчаянно, мешая их исполнению. Не ясно ли из этого, что Писания, в которых говорится о них, — Богодухновенны! «Ибо никогда пророчество нё было произносимо по воле человеческой, но изрекали его святые Божии человеки, будучи движимы Духом Святым» (2Пет 1:21).