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2 Peter 1:16

For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

Revised Version 1895

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 that at every time ye may be able after my decease to call these things to remembrance.

17For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased:

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Cross References

Malachi 4:5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.

Matthew 24:3And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

Matthew 28:18And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth.

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

John 17:2even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that whatsoever thou hast given him, to them he should give eternal life.

1 Corinthians 1:7so that ye come behind in no 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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