2 Peter 1:16
For we have not by following artificial fables, made known to you the power, and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ; but we were eyewitnesses of his greatness.
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Malachi 4:5Behold I will send you Elias the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
Matthew 24:3And when he was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world?
Matthew 28:18And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.
Luke 9:28And it came to pass about eight days after these words, that he took Peter, and James, and John, and went up into a mountain to pray.
John 17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him.
1 Corinthians 1:7So that nothing is wanting to you in any grace, waiting for the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 1:13-16
Spiritual Exertions. ( a. d. 67.) 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. 13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me. 15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. I. The… Read the whole commentary →