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2 Peter 1:16

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

For we were not following cleverly devised stories when we told you of the Coming in power of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eye-witnesses of his majesty.

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For the Son of Man is to come in his Father's Glory, with his angels, and then he 'will give to every man what his actions deserve.'

I tell you, some of those who are standing here will not know death till they have seen the Son of Man coming into his Kingdom."

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

For, just as lightning will start from the east and flash across to the west, so will it be with the Coming of the Son of Man.

So, while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came up to him privately and said: "Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your Coming, and of the close of the age."

Then Jesus came up, and spoke to them thus: "All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

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

"I am," replied Jesus, "and you shall all see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty; and 'coming in the clouds of heaven'."

Just as they were reported to us by those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and afterwards became bearers of the Message.

And all present were struck with awe at the majesty of God. In the midst of the general astonishment at all that Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples:

And the Word became Man, and dwelt among us, (We saw his glory--the glory of the Only Son sent from the Father), full of love and truth.

Even as thou gavest him power over all mankind, that he should give Immortal Life to all those whom thou has given him.

But, as to the spirit of holiness within him, was miraculously designated Son of God by his resurrection from the dead.

My mission from Christ was not to baptize, but to tell the Good News; not, however, in the language of philosophy, lest the cross of the Christ should be robbed of its meaning.

We are proclaiming Christ crucified!-to the Jews an obstacle, to the Gentiles mere folly,

And thus there is no gift in which you are deficient, while waiting for the Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For my own part, Brothers, when I came to you, it was with no display of eloquence or philosophy that I came to tell the hidden purpose of God;

My Message and my Proclamation were not delivered in the persuasive language of philosophy, but were accompanied by the manifestation of spiritual power,

I have decided-having been present in spirit at your meetings, when the power of the Lord Jesus was with us-

Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God's Message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God's commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.

No, we have renounced the secrecy prompted by shame, refusing to adopt crafty ways, or to tamper with God's Message, and commending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God, by our exhibition of the Truth.

Then we shall no longer be like infants, tossed backward and forward, blown about by every breath of human teaching, through the trickery and the craftiness of men, towards the snares of error;

Who, by the exercise of his power to bring everything into subjection to himself, will make this body that we have in our humiliation like to that body which he has in his Glory.

For what hope or joy will be ours, or what crown shall we have to boast of, in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his Coming, if it be not you?

For at the Coming of the Lord there will be great activity on the part of Satan, in the form of all kinds of deceptive miracles, signs, and marvels, as well as of wicked attempts to delude--

nor to devote their attention to legends and interminable genealogies, which tend to give rise to argument rather than to further that divine plan which is revealed in the Faith.

As for profane legends and old wives' tales, leave them alone. Train yourself to lead a religious life;

and may pay no attention to Jewish legends, or to the directions of those who turn their backs upon the Truth.

In their covetousness they will try to make you a source of profit by their fabrications; but for a long time past their Sentence has not been standing idle, nor their Ruin slumbering.

Moreover, our eyes have seen--and we are testifying to the fact--that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

To these men, as to others, Enoch, the seventh in descent from Adam, declared-- 'See! the Lord has come with his hosts of holy ones around him,

'He is coming among the clouds!' Every eye shall see him, even those who pierced him; 'and all the nations of the earth shall wail for fear of him.' So shall it be. Amen.




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