2 Peter Chapter 1

The following is my translation of 2 Peter chapter 1. Please critique (me, not 2 Peter).

2 Peter

Simon Peter, slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who obtained as their portion a faith equal in honor to ours in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: ² Grace and peace be multiplied to y o u in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

³ Seeing that His divine power has bestowed on us all things necessary for life and piety through the knowledge of the One who summoned us through glory and virtue, ⁴ by means of which has been bestowed us the exceptionally valuable and greatest promises, so that through these y o u may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world because of desire. ⁵ But also for this very reason, having made every effort, in y o ur faith supply virtue, and in y o ur virtue supply knowledge, ⁶ and in y o ur knowledge supply self-control, and in y o ur self-control steadfastness, and in y o ur steadfastness piety, ⁷ and in y o ur piety brotherly affection, and in y o ur brotherly affection love. ⁸ For if these things are y o urs and abounding, they make y o u neither idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ For the one who does not have these things is blind, being nearsighted, having forgotten the purification from his former sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brothers, make all the more effort to make y o ur invitation and election guaranteed, for if y o u do these things y o u will never lose y o ur footing. ¹¹ For in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to y o u.

¹² For this reason I will not neglect to always remind y o u about these things, although y o u know them and are firmly fixed in the truth that y o u have. ¹³ But I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to wake y o u up with a reminder, ¹⁴ knowing that the taking off of my tabernacle is coming soon, just as our Lord Jesus Christ also revealed to me. ¹⁵ But I will also make every effort so that after my departure y o u will always be able to recall these things. ¹⁶ For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to y o u the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. ¹⁷ For having received honor and glory from God the Father, having a voice such as this borne to Him from the Majestic Glory: "This is My beloved Son, in whom I have set my good pleasure"-- ¹⁸ and we ourselves heard this very voice which was borne from heaven, when we were with Him on the holy mountain. ¹⁹ And we have the prophetic word as something that is now all the more sure, to which y o u would do well to turn y o ur mind to, as y o u would to a lamp shining in a gloomy place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in y o ur hearts, ²⁰ knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of the prophet's own explanation, ²¹ for no prophecy was ever borne by the will of man, but saints of God spoke as they were being borne by the Holy Spirit.