2 Peter 1:16

For having not followed out skillfully devised fables, we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having become eyewitnesses of His majesty—

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15And I will also be diligent [to ensure] that you always have a remembrance to make of these things after my departure.

17for having received honor and glory from God the Father, such a voice being borne to Him by the Excellent Glory: “This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I delighted”;

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Cross References

Malachi 4:5Behold, I am sending Elijah the prophet to you, || Before the coming of the great and fearful Day of YHWH.

Matthew 24:3And when He is sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came near to Him by Himself, saying, “Tell us, when will these be? And what [is] the sign of Your coming, and of the full end of the age?”

Matthew 28:18And having come near, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “All authority in Heaven and on earth was given to Me;

Luke 9:28And it came to pass, after these words, as it were eight days, that having taken Peter, and John, and James, He went up to the mountain to pray,

John 17:2according as You gave to Him authority over all flesh, that—all that You have given to Him—He may give to them continuous life;

1 Corinthians 1:7so that you are not behind in any gift, waiting for the revelation 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 →

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