{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/2-peter/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T11:36:29.594Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"2 Peter","bookSlug":"2-peter","chapter":1,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":3,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"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:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that <i>pertain</i> unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For if these things be in you, and abound, they make <i>you that ye shall</i> neither <i>be</i> barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know <i>them</i>, and be established in the present truth."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting <i>you</i> in remembrance;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Knowing that shortly I must put off <i>this</i> my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake <i>as they were</i> moved by the Holy Ghost."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Peter 1 (KJV)","markdown":"[2 Peter 1](https://primebible.com/kjv/2-peter/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/2-peter/1 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}