2 Peter 1

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
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 Simon Peter, servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith as precious as ourown, given through the saving justice of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ.
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,	2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of our Lord.
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:	3 By his divine power, he has lavished on us all the things we need for life and for true devotion, throughthe knowledge of him who has called us by his own glory and goodness.
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.	4 Through these, the greatest and priceless promises have been lavished on us, that through them youshould share the divine nature and escape the corruption rife in the world through disordered passion.
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;	5 With this in view, do your utmost to support your faith with goodness, goodness with understanding,
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;	6 understanding with self-control, self-control with perseverance, perseverance with devotion,
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.	7 devotion with kindness to the brothers, and kindness to the brothers with love.
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.	8 The possession and growth of these qualities wil prevent your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ frombeing ineffectual or unproductive.
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.	9 But without them, a person is blind or short-sighted, forgetting how the sins of the past were washedaway.
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:	10 Instead of this, brothers, never allow your choice or cal ing to waver; then there wil be no danger ofyour stumbling,
11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.	11 for in this way you wil be given the generous gift of entry to the eternal kingdom of our Lord andSaviour Jesus Christ.
12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.	12 That is why I wil always go on recal ing the same truths to you, even though you already know themand are firmly fixed in these truths.
13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;	13 I am sure it is my duty, as long as I am in this tent, to keep stirring you up with reminders,
14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.	14 since I know the time for me to lay aside this tent is coming soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clearto me.
15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.	15 And I shal take great care that after my own departure you will stil have a means to recal thesethings to mind.
16 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.	16 When we told you about the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, we were not slavishlyrepeating cleverly invented myths; no, we had seen his majesty with our own eyes.
17 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.	17 He was honoured and glorified by God the Father, when a voice came to him from the transcendentGlory, This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour.
18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.	18 We ourselves heard this voice from heaven, when we were with him on the holy mountain.
19 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:	19 So we have confirmation of the words of the prophets; and you wil be right to pay attention to it as to a lamp for lighting a way through the dark, until the dawn comes and the morning star rises in your minds.
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.	20 At the same time, we must recognise that the interpretation of scriptural prophecy is never a matter forthe individual.
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.	21 For no prophecy ever came from human initiative. When people spoke for God it was the Holy Spiritthat moved them.