2 Peter 1:16

For, not as having followed, cleverly devised stories, made we known unto you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but as having been made, spectators, of his majesty.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

15Yea, I will give diligence also, that, at every time, ye may be able, after my own departure, to be keeping up the remembrance of, these very things.

17For, when he received from God the Father honour and glory, a voice, being borne to him such as this, by the magnificent glory—My Son, the beloved, is, this, in whom, I, delight,

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Cross References

Malachi 4:5Lo! I am sending unto you Elijah the prophet,—before the coming of the great and awful day of Yahweh;

Matthew 24:3And, as he was sitting upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him, privately, saying—Tell us, when these things shall be,—and what the sign of thy presence, and the conclusion of the age.

Matthew 28:18And Jesus, coming near, spake unto them, saying—All authority, in heaven and on earth, hath been given unto me;

Luke 9:28And it came to pass, after these words, about eight days, taking with him Peter and John and James, he went up into the mountain to pray.

John 17:2Even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that, as touching whatsoever thou hast given him, he might give unto them, life age-abiding.

1 Corinthians 1:7So that ye come short in no gift of favour,—ardently awaiting 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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