2 Peter 1:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ For we did not follow cleverly concocted tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

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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 Cross References

Malachi 3:2

But who can endure the day of His coming? Or who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, and like soap for cleaning raw wool.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then ‘He will repay everyone according to his deeds.’

Matthew 16:28

Amen, I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

Matthew 17:1

After six days, Yeshua takes with Him Peter and Jacob and John his brother, and brings them up a high mountain by themselves.

Matthew 24:27

For just as lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so also will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:3

As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen? What will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”

Matthew 28:18

And Yeshua came up to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

Mark 13:26

And then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in clouds’ with great power and glory.

Mark 14:62

“I am,” said Yeshua, “and you shall see ‘the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Powerful One,’ and ‘coming with the clouds of heaven’!”

Luke 1:2

just as they were handed down to us from the start by the eyewitnesses and reporters of the word.

Luke 9:43

And all were amazed at the mighty power of God. But as everyone was marveling at all He was doing, He said to His disciples,

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us. We looked upon His glory, the glory of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 17:2

Even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, so may He give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

Romans 1:4

He was appointed Ben-Elohim in power according to the Ruach of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. He is Messiah Yeshua our Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:17

For Messiah sent me not to immerse, but to proclaim the Good News—not with cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Messiah would not be made of no effect.

1 Corinthians 1:23

but we proclaim Messiah crucified—a stumbling block to Jewish people and foolishness to Gentile people,

1 Corinthians 1:7

So you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you eagerly wait for the revealing of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

1 Corinthians 2:1

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with excellence of speech or wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery of God.

1 Corinthians 2:4

My speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power—

1 Corinthians 5:4

When you are gathered together in the name of our Lord Yeshua, I am with you in spirit. With the power of our Lord Yeshua,

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like many, peddling the word of God. Rather, in Messiah we speak in the sight of God with sincerity, as persons sent from God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Instead, we renounced the hidden shameful ways—not walking in deception or distorting the word of God, but commending ourselves before God to everyone’s conscience by the open proclamation of the truth.

Ephesians 4:14

As a result, we are no longer to be like children, tossed around by the waves and blown all over by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of men with cunning in deceitful scheming.

Philippians 3:21

He will transform this humble body of ours into the likeness of His glorious body, through the power that enables Him even to put all things in subjection to Himself.

1 Thessalonians 2:19

For who is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Yeshua at His coming? Is it not you?

2 Thessalonians 2:9

The coming of the lawless one is connected to the activity of satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

1 Timothy 1:4

or to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. These give rise to useless speculations rather than God’s training which is in faithfulness.

1 Timothy 4:7

But avoid godless myths and old wives’ tales; instead, train yourself in godliness.

Titus 1:14

not paying attention to Judaic myths and commands of men who turn away from the truth.

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.

1 John 4:14

We have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son as Savior of the world.

Jude 1:14

It was also about these people that Enoch, the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with myriads of His kedoshim,

Revelation 1:7

“Look, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye shall see Him, even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth shall mourn because of Him. Yes, amen!”