2 Peter 1:21 - Easy To Read Version

²¹ No! No prophecy ever came from what a man wanted to say. But people were led by the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [5]} and spoke things from God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ For no prophecy ever originated because some man willed it [to do so–it never came by human impulse], but men spoke from God who were borne along (moved and impelled) by the Holy Spirit.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

Common English Bible

²¹ because no prophecy ever came by human will. Instead, men and women led by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ For prophecy was not conveyed by human will at any time. Instead, holy men were speaking about God while inspired by the Holy Spirit.

2 Peter 1:21 Cross References

2 Samuel 23:2

The Lord’s Spirit spoke through me. His word was on my tongue.

1 Kings 13:1

The Lord commanded a man of God [160] from Judah to go to the city of Bethel. King Jeroboam was standing at the altar offering incense when the man of God arrived.

1 Kings 17:18

And the woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. [194] Can you help me? Or did you come here only to cause me to remember all of my sins? Did you come here only to cause my son to die?”

1 Kings 17:24

The woman answered, “Now I know that you really are a man from God. I know that the Lord truly speaks through you!”

2 Kings 4:22

She called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and a donkey. Then I will go quickly to get the man of God (Elisha) and come back.”

2 Kings 4:7

Then the woman told the man of God [23] (Elisha) what happened. Elisha told her, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt. After you sell the oil {and pay your debt}, you and your sons can live on the money that is left.”

2 Kings 4:9

The woman said to her husband, “Look, I can see that Elisha is a holy man of God. He passes by our house all the time.

2 Kings 6:10

The king of Israel sent {a message to his men at} the place that the man of God [63] (Elisha) warned him about. And the king of Israel saved quite a few men. [64]

2 Kings 6:15

Elisha’s servant got up early that morning. The servant went outside, and he saw an army with horses and chariots all around the city!

1 Chronicles 23:14

Moses was the man of God. {\cf2\super [248]} Moses’s sons were part of the family group of Levi.

2 Chronicles 8:14

Solomon followed his father David’s instructions. Solomon chose the groups of priests for their service. Solomon also chose the Levites for their duties. The Levites were to lead the praise and help the priests from day to day to do the things that needed to be done in the temple service. And Solomon chose the gatekeepers by their groups to serve at each gate. This is the way David, the man of God, instructed.

Jeremiah 23:26

How long will this continue? Those prophets think up lies. And then they teach those lies to the people.

Micah 1:1

The word of the Lord came to Micah. This was during the time of kings Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. These men were kings of Judah. Micah was from Moresheth. Micah saw \{these visions\} about Samaria and Jerusalem.

Micah 3:7

The seers {\cf2\super [39]} are ashamed.\par The fortune tellers {\cf2\super [40]} are embarrassed.\par They won’t say anything\par because God will not speak to them!\par

Numbers 16:28

Then Moses said, “I will show you proof that the Lord sent me to do all the things I told you. I will show you that all those things were not my own idea.

Mark 12:36

With the help of the Holy Spirit, {\cf2\super [174]} David himself says:

Luke 1:70

God said that he would do this.\par He said it through his holy prophets {\cf2\super [22]} \par that lived long ago.\par

Acts 28:25

They had an argument. The Jews were ready to leave, but Paul said one more thing to them: “The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [528]} spoke the truth to your fathers {\cf2\super [529]} through Isaiah the prophet. {\cf2\super [530]} He said,

Acts 3:18

God said that these things would happen. God said through the prophets {\cf2\super [55]} that his Christ {\cf2\super [56]} would suffer and die. I have told you how God made this happen.

Deuteronomy 33:1

This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave the people of Israel before he died.

Hebrews 10:15

The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [130]} also tells us about this. First he says:

Hebrews 3:7

So it is like the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [17]} says:

Hebrews 9:8

The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [101]} uses those two separate rooms to teach us this: that the way into the Most Holy Place {\cf2\super [102]} was not open while that first room was still there.

Joshua 14:6

One day some people from the family group of Judah went to Joshua at Gilgal. One of those people was Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite. Caleb said to Joshua, “You remember the things the Lord said at Kadesh Barnea. The Lord was speaking to Moses, his servant. [55] The Lord was talking about you and me.

1 Peter 1:11

The Spirit {\cf2\super [5]} of Christ was in those prophets. And the Spirit was telling about the sufferings that would happen to Christ and about the glory that would come after those sufferings. Those prophets tried to learn about what the Spirit was showing them. They tried to learn when those things would happen and what the world would be like at that time.

Revelation 19:10

Then I bowed down before the angel’s feet to worship him. But the angel said to me, “Don’t \{worship me\}! I am a servant like you and your brothers who have the truth of Jesus. So worship God! Because the truth of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. {\cf2\super [148]} ”