SimonPeter, a servantandan apostleof JesusChrist, to them that have obtainedlike preciousfaithwith usthroughthe righteousnessof GodandourSaviorJesusChrist: Graceandpeacebe multipliedunto youthroughthe knowledgeof God, andof JesusourLord, According ashisdivinepowerhath givenunto usall thingsthat pertain untolifeandgodliness, throughtheknowledgeof him that hath calledustogloryandvirtue: Wherebyare givenunto usexceeding greatandpreciouspromises: thatbytheseye might bepartakersof the divinenature, having escapedthecorruptionthat is inthe worldthroughlust. Andbeside this, givingalldiligence, addtoyourfaithvirtue; andtovirtueknowledge; Andtoknowledgetemperance; andtotemperancepatience; andtopatiencegodliness; Andtogodlinessbrotherly kindness; andtobrotherly kindnesscharity. Forif these thingsbein you, andabound, they make you that ye shall neither be barrennorunfruitfulintheknowledgeof ourLordJesusChrist. Buthethat lackeththese thingsisblind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgottenthat he was purgedfrom hisoldsins. Whereforethe rather, brethren, give diligenceto makeyourcallingandelectionsure: forif ye dothese things, ye shall neverfall: Forsoan entranceshall be ministered untoyouabundantlyintotheeverlastingkingdomof ourLordandSaviorJesusChrist. WhereforeI will notbe negligentto put you always in remembranceofthese things, thoughye know them, andbe establishedinthepresenttruth. Yea, I thinkit meet, as long asI aminthistabernacle, to stir you upby putting you in remembrance; KnowingthatshortlyI mustput off this mytabernacle, evenasourLordJesusChristhath showedme. MoreoverI will endeavorthatyemay be able aftermydeceaseto havethese thingsalwaysin remembrance. Forwe have notfollowedcunningly devisedfables, when we made knownunto youthepowerandcomingof ourLordJesusChrist, butwereeyewitnessesof hismajesty. Forhe receivedfromGodthe Fatherhonorandglory, when there camesucha voiceto himfromtheexcellentglory, ThisismybelovedSon, inwhomIam well pleased. Andthisvoicewhich camefromheavenweheard, when we werewithhimintheholymount. We havealsoa more surewordof prophecy; whereuntoye dowellthat ye take heed, asunto a lightthat shinethina darkplace, untilthe daydawn, andthe day starariseinyourhearts: Knowingthisfirst, thatnoprophecyof the Scriptureisof any privateinterpretation. Forthe prophecycamenotin old timeby the willof man: butholymenof Godspake as they were movedbythe HolyGhost.