2 Peter 1:21 - New Revised Standard Version

²¹ because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke 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 spirit of the Lord speaks through me, his word is upon my tongue.

1 Kings 13:1

While Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer incense, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel

1 Kings 17:18

She then said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the death of my son!”

1 Kings 17:24

So the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”

2 Kings 4:22

Then she called to her husband, and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again.”

2 Kings 4:7

She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your children can live on the rest.”

2 Kings 4:9

She said to her husband, “Look, I am sure that this man who regularly passes our way is a holy man of God.

2 Kings 6:10

The king of Israel sent word to the place of which the man of God spoke. More than once or twice he warned such a place so that it was on the alert.

2 Kings 6:15

When an attendant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. His servant said, “Alas, master! What shall we do?”

1 Chronicles 23:14

but as for Moses the man of God, his sons were to be reckoned among the tribe of Levi.

2 Chronicles 8:14

According to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry alongside the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions for the several gates; for so David the man of God had commanded.

Jeremiah 23:26

How long? Will the hearts of the prophets ever turn back—those who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart?

Ezekiel 1:3

the word of the Lord came to the priest Ezekiel son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was on him there.

Micah 1:1

The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Kings Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

Micah 3:7

the seers shall be disgraced, and the diviners put to shame; they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.

Numbers 16:28

And Moses said, “This is how you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works; it has not been of my own accord:

Mark 12:36

David himself, by the Holy Spirit, declared, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.” ’

Luke 1:70

as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

Acts 1:16

“Friends, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit through David foretold concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus—

Acts 28:25

So they disagreed with each other; and as they were leaving, Paul made one further statement: “The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah,

Acts 3:18

In this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.

Deuteronomy 33:1

This is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites before his death.

Hebrews 10:15

And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,

Hebrews 3:7

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice,

Hebrews 9:8

By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the sanctuary has not yet been disclosed as long as the first tent is still standing.

Joshua 14:6

Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal; and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you and me.

1 Peter 1:11

inquiring about the person or time that the Spirit of Christ within them indicated when it testified in advance to the sufferings destined for Christ and the subsequent glory.

Revelation 19:10

Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your comrades who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”