1SimonPeter, a servantandan apostleof JesusChrist, to them that have obtainedlike preciousfaithwith usthroughthe righteousnessof GodandourSaviourJesusChrist:
13Yea, I think itmeet, as long asI aminthistabernacle, to stiryouupby putting you inremembrance;
14KnowingthatshortlyI must put off this mytabernacle, evenasourLordJesusChristhath shewedme.
15MoreoverI will endeavour thatyemay be ableaftermydeceaseto havethese thingsalwaysin remembrance.
16Forwe havenotfollowedcunningly devisedfables, when we made knownunto youthe powerandcomingofourLordJesusChrist, butwereeyewitnessesofhismajesty.
17Forhe receivedfromGodthe Fatherhonourandglory, when there camesucha voiceto himfromtheexcellentglory, ThisismybelovedSon, inwhomIam well pleased.
18Andthisvoicewhich camefromheavenweheard, when we werewithhimintheholymount.
19We havealsoamore surewordof prophecy; whereuntoye dowellthat ye take heed, as untoa lightthat shinethinadarkplace, untilthe daydawn, andthe day starariseinyourhearts:
20Knowingthisfirst, thatnoprophecyof the scriptureisofanyprivateinterpretation.
21Forthe prophecycamenotin old timeby the willof man: butholymenofGodspake as they were movedby theHolyGhost.