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2 Peter · read by John Piper
22 verses, in order. Only the verses John 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 ESV · Confirm Your Election
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Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.Read from ESV · Liberating Promises
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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 ESV · Confirm Your Election
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For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;Read from ESV · Confirm Your Election
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and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;Read from ESV · Confirm Your Election
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and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.Read from ESV · Confirm Your Election
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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 ESV · Men Moved by the Holy Spirit Spoke From God
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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 ESV · Men Moved by the Holy Spirit Spoke From God
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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 NASB1995 · Men Moved by the Holy Spirit Spoke From God
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Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one's own interpretation.Read from NKJV · Men Moved by the Holy Spirit Spoke From God
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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 ESV · Basics for Reading the Bible
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 ESV · Destruction Is Not Sleeping
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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 ESV · Destruction Is Not Sleeping
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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 ESV · Better Never to Have Known the Way
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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 ESV · Better Never to Have Known the Way
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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 ESV · Better Never to Have Known the Way
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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 ESV · Better Never to Have Known the Way
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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 ESV · Better Never to Have Known the Way
2 Peter 3
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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 ESV · The Triumph of the Gospel in the New Heavens and the New Earth (Video)
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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 ESV · Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, Part One
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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 ESV · The Triumph of the Gospel in the New Heavens and the New Earth (Video)
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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 ESV · Grow in Grace and in the Knowledge of Our Lord