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2 Peter 1:16

Good News Translation

We have not depended on made-up stories in making known to you the mighty coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. With our own eyes we saw his greatness.

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But who will be able to endure the day when he comes? Who will be able to survive when he appears? He will be like strong soap, like a fire that refines metal.

“But before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes, I will send you the prophet Elijah.

For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward each one according to his deeds.

I assure you that there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Son of Man come as King.”

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter and the brothers James and John and led them up a high mountain where they were alone.

For the Son of Man will come like the lightning which flashes across the whole sky from the east to the west.

As Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him in private. “Tell us when all this will be,” they asked, “and what will happen to show that it is the time for your coming and the end of the age.”

Jesus drew near and said to them, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.

Then the Son of Man will appear, coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

“I am,” answered Jesus, “and you will all see the Son of Man seated at the right side of the Almighty and coming with the clouds of heaven!”

They wrote what we have been told by those who saw these things from the beginning and who proclaimed the message.

All the people were amazed at the mighty power of God. The people were still marveling at everything Jesus was doing, when he said to his disciples,

The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father's only Son.

For you gave him authority over all people, so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.

as to his divine holiness, he was shown with great power to be the Son of God by being raised from death.

Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to tell the Good News, and to tell it without using the language of human wisdom, in order to make sure that Christ's death on the cross is not robbed of its power.

As for us, we proclaim the crucified Christ, a message that is offensive to the Jews and nonsense to the Gentiles;

that you have not failed to receive a single blessing, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.

When I came to you, my friends, to preach God's secret truth, I did not use big words and great learning.

and my teaching and message were not delivered with skillful words of human wisdom, but with convincing proof of the power of God's Spirit.

We are not like so many others, who handle God's message as if it were cheap merchandise; but because God has sent us, we speak with sincerity in his presence, as servants of Christ.

We put aside all secret and shameful deeds; we do not act with deceit, nor do we falsify the word of God. In the full light of truth we live in God's sight and try to commend ourselves to everyone's good conscience.

Then we shall no longer be children, carried by the waves and blown about by every shifting wind of the teaching of deceitful people, who lead others into error by the tricks they invent.

He will change our weak mortal bodies and make them like his own glorious body, using that power by which he is able to bring all things under his rule.

After all, it is you—you, no less than others!—who are our hope, our joy, and our reason for boasting of our victory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes.

The Wicked One will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false miracles and wonders,

Tell them to give up those legends and those long lists of ancestors, which only produce arguments; they do not serve God's plan, which is known by faith.

But keep away from those godless legends, which are not worth telling. Keep yourself in training for a godly life.

and no longer hold on to Jewish legends and to human commandments which come from people who have rejected the truth.

In their greed these false teachers will make a profit out of telling you made-up stories. For a long time now their Judge has been ready, and their Destroyer has been wide awake!

And we have seen and tell others that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

It was Enoch, the seventh direct descendant from Adam, who long ago prophesied this about them: “The Lord will come with many thousands of his holy angels

Look, he is coming on the clouds! Everyone will see him, including those who pierced him. All peoples on earth will mourn over him. So shall it be!




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