But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.
2 Peter 1:16 - New International Version (Anglicised) For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For we have not by following artificial fables, made known to you the power, and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ; but we were eyewitnesses of his greatness. |
But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.
‘See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.
For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.
‘Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.’
After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. ‘Tell us,’ they said, ‘when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?’
Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
‘At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
‘I am,’ said Jesus. ‘And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.’
just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
And they were all amazed at the greatness of God. While everyone was marvelling at all that Jesus did, he said to his disciples,
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.
and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
For Christ did not send me to baptise, but to preach the gospel – not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling-block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.
And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present,
Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.
Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed to and fro by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you?
The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie,
or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work – which is by faith.
Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly.
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth.
In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: ‘See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones
‘Look, he is coming with the clouds,’ and ‘every eye will see him, even those who pierced him’; and all peoples on earth ‘will mourn because of him.’ So shall it be! Amen.