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2 Peter · read by Anton Bosch
61 verses, in order. Only the verses Anton read aloud are shown.
2 Peter 1
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Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:Read from NKJV · Like Precious Faith
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Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.Read from NASB1995 · Like Precious Faith
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His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.Read from NKJV · Like Precious Faith
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Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.Read from NKJV · Add to Your Faith - 2 Peter
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For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;Read from NKJV · Be Diligent to be Ready
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and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;Read from NKJV · Add to Your Faith - 2 Peter
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and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.Read from NKJV · Add to Your Faith - 2 Peter
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For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.Read from NKJV · Adding To Your Faith
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But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.Read from NKJV · Add to Your Faith - 2 Peter
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Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,Read from NKJV · Shortsighted and Barren
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and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.Read from NKJV · Add to Your Faith - 2 Peter
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Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.Read from NKJV · Add to Your Faith - 2 Peter
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I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,Read from NKJV · Shortsighted and Barren
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because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.Read from NKJV · Shortsighted and Barren
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And I will make every effort to ensure that after my departure, you will be able to recall these things at all times.Read from NKJV · Add to Your Faith - 2 Peter
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For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.Read from NKJV · Add to Your Faith - 2 Peter
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For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."Read from NKJV · Add to Your Faith - 2 Peter
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And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.Read from NKJV · A More Sure Word of Prophecy
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We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.Read from NKJV · Add to Your Faith - 2 Peter
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Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one's own interpretation.Read from NKJV · The Inspired Word
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For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.Read from NKJV · Add to Your Faith - 2 Peter
2 Peter 2
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Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.Read from NKJV · False Teachers From Within
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Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.Read from NKJV · Teachers of Lasciviousness
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In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.Read from NKJV · Teachers of Lasciviousness
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For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;Read from NKJV · False Teachers are Animals
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if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;Read from NKJV · God will judge the false teachers
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if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;Read from NKJV · Teachers of Lasciviousness
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and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawlessRead from NKJV · God will judge the false teachers
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(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—Read from NKJV · Teachers of Lasciviousness
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if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.Read from NKJV · False Teachers are Animals
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Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.Read from NKJV · Teachers of Lasciviousness
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Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.Read from NKJV · False Teachers are Animals
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These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.Read from NKJV · Dogs to Their Vomit
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The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.Read from NKJV · Dogs to Their Vomit
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Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.Read from NKJV · False Teachers are Animals
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They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.Read from NKJV · Dogs to Their Vomit
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But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man's voice and restrained the prophet's madness.Read from NKJV · False Teachers are Animals
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These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.Read from NKJV · Dogs to Their Vomit
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With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.Read from NKJV · Dogs to Their Vomit
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They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.Read from NKJV · Dogs to Their Vomit
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If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.Read from NKJV · Dogs to Their Vomit
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It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.Read from NKJV · Dogs to Their Vomit
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Of them the proverbs are true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and, "A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud."Read from NKJV · Dogs to Their Vomit
2 Peter 3
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Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinkingRead from NKJV · The End of the World is Coming
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by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.Read from NKJV · Stir up your minds to remember
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Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.Read from NKJV · Stir up your minds to remember
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"Where is the promise of His coming?" they will ask. "Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation."Read from NKJV · The End of the World is Coming
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But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,Read from NKJV · The End of the World is Coming
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through which the world of that time perished in the flood.Read from NKJV · The End of the World is Coming
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And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.Read from NKJV · The End of the World is Coming
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Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.Read from NKJV · Stir up your minds to remember
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The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.Read from NKJV · The End of the World is Coming
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But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.Read from NKJV · The End of the World is Coming
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Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godlinessRead from NKJV · The End of the World is Coming
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as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.Read from NKJV · The End of the World is Coming
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But in keeping with God's promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.Read from NKJV · Be Diligent to be Ready
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Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.Read from NKJV · Be Diligent to be Ready
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Consider also that our Lord's patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.Read from NKJV · Be Diligent to be Ready
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He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.Read from NKJV · Be Diligent to be Ready
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Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.Read from NKJV · Be Diligent to be Ready
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But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.Read from NKJV · Be Diligent to be Ready