2 Peter 1:16 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹⁶ When we told you about the power and the return of our Lord Jesus Christ, we were not telling clever stories someone had made up. But with our own eyes we saw his true greatness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For we were not following cleverly devised stories when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty (grandeur, authority of sovereign power).

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ We didn’t repeat crafty myths when we told you about the powerful coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Quite the contrary, we witnessed his majesty with our own eyes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ For it was not by following fanciful doctrines that we made known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were made eyewitnesses of his greatness.

2 Peter 1:16 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

1 John 4:14

God sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. We saw his Son and are now telling others about him.

John 1:14

The Word became a human being and lived here with us. We saw his true glory, the glory of the only Son of the Father. From him the complete gifts of undeserved grace and truth have come down to us.

1 Timothy 1:4

You needed to warn them to stop wasting their time on senseless stories and endless lists of ancestors. Such things only cause arguments. They don't help anyone to do God's work that can only be done by faith.

1 Timothy 4:7

Don't have anything to do with worthless, senseless stories. Work hard to be truly religious.

1 Corinthians 2:4

When I talked with you or preached, I didn't try to prove anything by sounding wise. I simply let God's Spirit show his power.

Ephesians 4:14

We must stop acting like children. We must not let deceitful people trick us by their false teachings, which are like winds that toss us around from place to place.

1 Corinthians 1:17

Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to tell the good news without using words that sound wise and would make the cross of Christ lose its power.

Revelation 1:7

Look! He is coming with the clouds. Everyone will see him, even the ones who stuck a sword through him. All people on earth will weep because of him. Yes, it will happen! Amen.

Titus 1:14

Don't pay any attention to any of those senseless Jewish stories and human commands. These are made up by people who won't obey the truth.

Jude 1:14

Enoch was the seventh person after Adam, and he was talking about these people when he said: Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of holy angels

2 Thessalonians 2:9

When the wicked one appears, Satan will pretend to work all kinds of miracles, wonders, and signs.

2 Corinthians 4:2

We don't do shameful things that must be kept secret. And we don't try to fool anyone or twist God's message around. God is our witness that we speak only the truth, so others will be sure we can be trusted.

2 Corinthians 2:17

A lot of people try to get rich from preaching God's message. But we are God's sincere messengers, and by the power of Christ we speak our message with God as our witness.

Matthew 28:18

Jesus came to them and said: I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth!

Malachi 3:2

On the day the Lord comes, he will be like a furnace that purifies silver or like strong soap in a washbasin. No one will be able to stand up to him.

1 Thessalonians 2:19

After all, when the Lord Jesus appears, who else but you will give us hope and joy and be like a glorious crown for us?

Philippians 3:21

has power over everything, and he will make these poor bodies of ours like his own glorious body.

1 Corinthians 2:1

Friends, when I came and told you the mystery that God had shared with us, I didn't use big words or try to sound wise.

1 Corinthians 1:23

But we preach that Christ was nailed to a cross. Most Jews have problems with this, and most Gentiles think it is foolish.

1 Corinthians 1:7

You are not missing out on any blessings, as you wait for him to return.

John 17:2

And you gave him power over all people, so he would give eternal life to everyone you give him.

Matthew 24:27

The coming of the Son of Man will be like lightning that can be seen from east to west.

Matthew 24:3

Later, as Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him in private and asked, “When will this happen? What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?”

Matthew 16:28

I promise you some of those standing here will not die before they see the Son of Man coming with his kingdom.

Malachi 4:5

I, the Lord, promise to send the prophet Elijah before that great and terrible day comes.

Matthew 16:27

The Son of Man will soon come in the glory of his Father and with his angels to reward all people for what they have done.

Matthew 17:1

Six days later Jesus took Peter and the brothers James and John with him. They went up on a very high mountain where they could be alone.

Mark 13:26

Then the Son of Man will be seen coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

Mark 14:62

“Yes, I am!” Jesus answered. “Soon you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right side of God All-Powerful, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

Luke 1:2

They wrote what we had been told by the ones who were there in the beginning and saw what happened.

Luke 9:43

Everyone was amazed at God's great power. While everyone was still amazed at what Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples,

2 Peter 2:3

They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep.