Bible - King James Version - New Testament - Book 22 - 2 Peter
Chapter | Verse | Text |
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1 | 1 | 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 Saviour Jesus Christ: |
1 | 2 | Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, |
1 | 3 | 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: |
1 | 4 | 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. |
1 | 5 | And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; |
1 | 6 | And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; |
1 | 7 | And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. |
1 | 8 | 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. |
1 | 9 | But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. |
1 | 10 | Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: |