1 Confirming them in hope of the increase of God's graces,
5 he exhorts them, by faith, and good works, to make their calling sure;
12 whereof he is careful to remind them, knowing that his death is at hand;
16 and warns them to be constant in the faith of Christ, who is the true Son of God, by the eyewitness of the apostles beholding his majesty, and by the testimony of the Father, and the prophets.

Simon. or, Symeon. Ac 15:14

Peter. Mt 4:18 10:2 Lu 22:31-34 Joh 1:42 21:15-17 1Pe 1:1

a servant. Joh 12:26 Ro 1:1

an apostle. Lu 11:49 Joh 20:21 1Co 9:1 15:9 Ga 2:8 Eph 3:5 4:11 1Pe 5:1

have. 4 Ac 15:8,9 Ro 1:12 2Co 4:13 Eph 4:5 Php 1:29 2Ti 1:5 Tit 1:1,4 1Pe 1:7 2:7

through. Jer 33:16 Ro 1:17 3:21-26 1Co 1:30 2Co 5:21 Php 3:9

of God and our Saviour. Gr. of our God and Saviour. Isa 12:2 Lu 1:47 Tit 2:13

2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

Grace. Nu 6:24-26 Da 4:1 6:25

See on Ro 1:7 1Pe 1:2 Jude 1:2 Re 1:4

the knowledge. 3:18 Isa 53:11 Lu 10:22 Joh 17:3 2Co 4:6 1Jo 5:20,21

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:

his. Ps 110:3 Mt 28:18 Joh 17:2 2Co 12:9 Eph 1:19-21 Col 1:16 Heb 1:3

all. Ps 84:11 Ro 8:32 1Co 3:21-23 1Ti 4:8

through. See on ver. 2 Joh 17:3

called. Ro 8:28-30 9:24 1Co 1:9 Eph 4:1,4 1Th 2:12 4:7 2Th 2:14 2Ti 1:9 1Pe 1:15 2:9,21 3:9 5:10

to. or, by. virtue. 5 Ru 3:11 Pr 12:4 31:10,29 Php 4:8

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.

are given. 1 Eze 36:25-27 Ro 9:4 2Co 1:20 6:17,18 7:1 Ga 3:16 Heb 8:6-12 9:15 1Jo 2:25

ye might. Joh 1:12,13 2Co 3:18 Eph 4:23,24 Col 3:10 Heb 12:10 1Jo 3:2

having. 2:18-20 Ga 6:8 Jas 4:1-3 1Pe 4:2,3 1Jo 2:15,16

5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

beside. Lu 16:26 24:21

giving. 10 3:14,18 Ps 119:4 Pr 4:23 Isa 55:2 Zec 6:15 Joh 6:27 Php 2:12 Heb 6:11 11:6 12:15

virtue. See on ver. 3 Php 4:8

knowledge. 2 3:18 1Co 14:20 Eph 1:17,18 5:17 Php 1:9 Col 1:9 1Pe 3:7

6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

temperance. Ac 24:25 1Co 9:25 Ga 5:23 Tit 1:8 2:2

patience. Ps 37:7 Lu 8:15 21:19 Ro 2:7 5:3,4 8:25 15:4 2Co 6:4 Col 1:11 1Th 1:3 2Th 1:4 3:5 Heb 6:12,15 10:36 12:1 Jas 1:3,4 5:7-10 Re 1:9 2:2 13:10 14:12

godliness. 3 3:11 Ge 5:24 Isa 57:1 1Ti 2:2,10 3:16 4:7,8 6:3,6,11 2Ti 3:5 Tit 1:1

7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

brotherly. Joh 13:34,35 Ro 12:10 1Th 3:12 4:9,10 Heb 13:1 1Pe 1:22 2:17 1Jo 3:14,16

charity. 1Co 13:1-8 Ga 6:10 Col 3:14 1Th 5:15 1Pe 3:8 1Jo 4:21

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.

in you. Joh 5:42 2Co 9:14 13:5 Php 2:5 Col 3:16 Phm 1:6

and abound. 1Co 15:58 2Co 8:2,7 Php 1:9 Col 2:7 3:16 1Th 3:12 4:1 2Th 1:3

they. Joh 15:7,8 2Co 5:13-17

barren. or, idle. Pr 19:15 Mt 20:3,6 25:26 Ro 12:11 1Ti 5:13 Heb 6:12

unfruitful. Mt 13:22 Joh 15:2,6 Tit 3:14

in. See on ver. 2

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.

lacketh. 5-7 Mr 10:21 Lu 18:22 Ga 5:6,13 Jas 2:14-26

blind. Joh 9:40,41 2Co 4:3,4 1Jo 2:9-11 Re 3:17

that he. 4 2:18-20 Ro 6:1-4,11 Eph 5:26 Heb 9:14 1Pe 3:21 1Jo 1:7

10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

give. See on ver. 5 3:17

to make. 2Ti 2:19 Heb 6:11,19 1Jo 3:19-21

election. Ro 8:28-31 1Th 1:3,4 2Th 2:13,14 1Pe 1:2

if. Ps 15:5 Isa 56:2 Mt 7:24,25 Lu 6:47-49 1Jo 3:19 Re 22:14

never. 3:17 Ps 37:24 62:2,6 112:6 121:3 Mic 7:8 Ac 20:24,25 1Pe 1:5 Re 3:10,11

11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

an entrance. Mt 25:34 2Co 5:1 2Ti 4:8 Re 3:21

abundantly. Ps 36:8 So 5:1 Isa 35:2 Joh 10:10 Eph 3:20 Heb 6:17

everlasting. Isa 9:7 Da 7:14,27 Re 5:10

our. See on ver. 1

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.

I will not. 13,15 3:1 Ro 15:14,15 Php 3:1 1Ti 4:6 2Ti 1:6 Heb 10:32 Jude 1:3,17

though. 1Jo 2:21 Jude 1:5

and be. 3:17 Ac 16:5 Col 2:7 Heb 13:9 1Pe 5:10,12

13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

as long. 14 2Co 5:1-4,8 Heb 13:3

to stir. 3:1 Hag 1:14 2Ti 1:6

by. See on ver. 12

14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

shortly. De 4:21,22 31:14 Jos 23:14 1Ki 2:2,3 Ac 20:25 2Ti 4:6

even. Joh 21:18,19

15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

I will. De 31:19-29 Jos 24:24-29 1Ch 29:1-20 Ps 71:18 2Ti 2:2 Heb 11:4

these. See on ver. 4-7,12

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.

we have. 3:3,4 1Co 1:17,23 2:1,4 2Co 2:17 4:2 12:16,17 Eph 4:14 2Th 2:9 1Ti 1:4 4:7 Tit 1:14

the power. Mt 28:18 Mr 9:1 Joh 17:2 Ro 1:4 1Co 5:4 Php 3:21

coming. Mal 3:2 4:5 Mt 16:28 24:3,27 1Co 1:7 Jude 1:14 Re 1:7

were. Mt 17:1-5 Mr 9:2 Lu 9:28-32 Joh 1:14 1Jo 1:1-3 4:14

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.

God. Mt 11:25-27 28:19 Lu 10:22 Joh 3:35 5:21-23,26,36,37 Joh 6:27,37,39 10:15,36 13:1-3 14:6,8,9,11 17:21 20:17 Ro 15:6 2Co 1:3 11:31 2Jo 1:3 Jude 1:1

there came. Mt 17:3 Mr 9:7 Lu 9:34,35 Joh 12:28,29

This. Mt 3:17 17:5 Mr 1:11 9:7 Lu 3:22 9:35

in whom. Isa 42:1 53:10 Mt 12:18

18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

this. Mt 17:6

the holy. Ge 28:16,17 Ex 3:1,5 Jos 5:15 Isa 11:9 56:7 Zec 8:3 Mt 17:6

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:

a more. Ps 19:7-9 Isa 8:20 41:21-23,26 Lu 16:29-31 Joh 5:39 Ac 17:11

ye do. Ac 15:29 Jas 2:8 3Jo 1:6

a light. Ps 119:105 Pr 6:23 Isa 9:2 60:1,2 Mt 4:16 Lu 1:78,79 Joh 1:7-9 5:35 8:12 Eph 5:7,8

the day. 2Co 4:4-6 1Jo 5:10 Re 2:28 22:16

20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

Knowing. 3:3 Ro 6:6 13:11 1Ti 1:9 Jas 1:3

that. Ro 12:6

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.

the prophecy. Lu 1:70 2Ti 3:16 1Pe 1:11

in old time. or, at any time holy. De 33:1 Jos 14:6 1Ki 13:1 17:18,24 2Ki 4:7,9,22 6:10,15 1Ch 23:14 2Ch 8:14

spake. Nu 16:28 2Sa 23:2 Mic 3:7 Lu 1:70 2Ti 3:15-17 1Pe 1:11 Re 19:10

by the Holy. Mr 12:36 Ac 1:16 3:18 28:25 Heb 3:7 9:8 10:15