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diff --git a/8849.txt b/8849.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84d8295 --- /dev/null +++ b/8849.txt @@ -0,0 +1,671 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, 2 +Peter, by R. F. Weymouth + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most +other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions +whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of +the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at +www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have +to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. + +Title: Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, 2 Peter + Third Edition 1913 + +Author: R. F. Weymouth + +Posting Date: March 14, 2015 [EBook #8849] +Release Date: September, 2005 +First Posted: August 25, 2003 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WEYMOUTH NEW TESTAMENT--2 PETER *** + + + + +Produced by Martin Ward + + + + + + + + +Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, 2 Peter + +Third Edition 1913 + + + +R. F. Weymouth + + + + +Book 61 2 Peter + +001:001 Simon Peter, a bondservant and Apostle of Jesus Christ: To those + to whom there has been allotted the same precious faith + as that which is ours through the righteousness of our God + and of our Saviour Jesus Christ. + +001:002 May more and more grace and peace be granted to you in a full + knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, + +001:003 seeing that His divine power has given us all things that are + needful for life and godliness, through our knowledge of Him + who has appealed to us by His own glorious perfections. + +001:004 It is by means of these that He has granted us His precious + and wondrous promises, in order that through them you may, + one and all, become sharers in the very nature of God, + having completely escaped the corruption which exists + in the world through earthly cravings. + +001:005 But for this very reason--adding, on your part, all earnestness-- + along with your faith, manifest also a noble character: + along with a noble character, knowledge; + +001:006 along with knowledge, self-control; along with self-control, + power of endurance; + +001:007 along with power of endurance, godliness; along with godliness, + brotherly affection; and along with brotherly affection, love. + +001:008 If these things exist in you, and continually increase, + they prevent your being either idle or unfruitful in advancing + towards a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. + +001:009 For the man in whom they are lacking is blind and cannot see + distant objects, in that he has forgotten that he has been + cleansed from his old sins. + +001:010 For this reason, brethren, be all the more in earnest + to make sure that God has called you and chosen you; + for it is certain that so long as you practise these things, + you will never stumble. + +001:011 And so a triumphant admission into the eternal Kingdom of our + Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be freely granted to you. + +001:012 For this reason I shall always persist in reminding you + of these things, although you know them and are stedfast + believers in truth which you already possess. + +001:013 But I think it right, so long as I remain in the body, + my present dwelling-place, to arouse you by such reminders. + +001:014 For I know that the time for me to lay aside my body is now + rapidly drawing near, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has + revealed to me. + +001:015 So on every possible occasion I will also do my best to enable + you to recall these things after my departure. + +001:016 For when we made known to you the power and Coming of our + Lord Jesus Christ, we were not eagerly following cleverly + devised legends, but we had been eye-witnesses of His majesty. + +001:017 He received honour and glory from God the Father, and out + of the wondrous glory words such as these were spoken + to Him, "This is My dearly-loved Son, in whom I take delight." + +001:018 And we ourselves heard these words come from Heaven, when we + were with Him on the holy mountain. + +001:019 And in the written word of prophecy we have something + more permanent; to which you do well to pay attention-- + as to a lamp shining in a dimly-lighted place--until day + dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. + +001:020 But, above all, remember that no prophecy in Scripture will + be found to have come from the prophet's own prompting; + +001:021 for never did any prophecy come by human will, but men sent + by God spoke as they were impelled by the Holy Spirit. + +002:001 But there were also false prophets among the people, + as there will be teachers of falsehood among you also, + who will cunningly introduce fatal divisions, disowning even + the Sovereign Lord who has redeemed them, and bringing on + themselves swift destruction. + +002:002 And in their immoral ways they will have many eager disciples, + through whom religion will be brought into disrepute. + +002:003 Thirsting for riches, they will trade on you with their canting talk. + From of old their judgement has been working itself out, + and their destruction has not been slumbering. + +002:004 For God did not spare angels when they had sinned, but hurling + them down to Tartarus consigned them to caves of darkness, + keeping them in readiness for judgement. + +002:005 And He did not spare the ancient world, although He preserved Noah, + a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought + a deluge on the world of the ungodly. + +002:006 He reduced to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, + and condemned them to overthrow, making them an example + to people who might in future be living godless lives. + +002:007 But when righteous Lot was sore distressed by the gross + misconduct of immoral men He rescued him. + +002:008 (For their lawless deeds were torture, day after day, + to the pure soul of that righteous man--all that he saw + and heard whilst living in their midst.) + +002:009 Since all this is so, the Lord knows how to rescue godly men + from temptation, and on the other hand how to keep the unrighteous + under punishment in readiness for the Day of Judgement, + +002:010 and especially those who are abandoned to sensuality-- + craving, as they do, for polluted things, and scorning control. + Fool-hardy and self-willed, they do not tremble when speaking + evil of glorious beings; + +002:011 while angels, though greater than they in might and power, + do not bring any insulting accusation against such in the presence + of the Lord. + +002:012 But these men, like brute beasts, created (with their + natural instincts) only to be captured or destroyed, + are abusive in matters of which they are ignorant, and in their + corruption will perish, + +002:013 being doomed to receive a requital for their guilt. + They reckon it pleasure to feast daintily in broad daylight. + They are spots and blemishes, while feeding luxuriously + at their love-feasts, and banqueting with you. + +002:014 Their very eyes are full of adultery--being eyes which never + cease from sin. These men set traps to catch unstedfast + souls, their own hearts being well trained in greed. + They are fore-doomed to God's curse! + +002:015 Forsaking the straight road, they have gone astray, + having eagerly followed in the steps of Balaam, the son of Beor, + who was bent on securing the wages of unrighteousness. + +002:016 But he was rebuked for his transgression: a dumb ass spoke + with a human voice and checked the madness of the Prophet. + +002:017 These people are wells without water, mists driven along by a storm, + men for whom the dense darkness has been reserved. + +002:018 For, while they pour out their frivolous and arrogant talk, + they use earthly cravings--every kind of immorality-- + as a bait to entrap men who are just escaping from the influence + of those who live in error. + +002:019 And they promise them freedom, although they are themselves + the slaves of what is corrupt. For a man is the slave of any + one by whom he has been worsted in fight. + +002:020 For if, after escaping from the pollutions of the world + through a full knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, + people are once more entangled in these pollutions and are overcome, + their last state has become worse than their first. + +002:021 For it would have been better for them not to have fully known + the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back + from the holy commandments in which they were instructed. + +002:022 Their case is that described in the true proverb, "A dog returns + to what he has vomited," and also in the other proverb, + "The sow has washed itself and now goes back to roll + in its filth." + +003:001 This letter which I am now writing to you, dear friends, + is my second letter. In both my letters I seek to revive + in your honest minds the memory of certain things, + +003:002 so that you may recall the words spoken long ago by the holy Prophets, + and the commandments of our Lord and Saviour given you + through your Apostles. + +003:003 But, above all, remember that, in the last days, men will + come who make a mock at everything--men governed only by + their own passions, + +003:004 and, asking, "What has become of His promised Return? For from + the time our forefathers fell asleep all things continue + as they have been ever since the creation of the world." + +003:005 For they are wilfully blind to the fact that there were heavens + which existed of old, and an earth, the latter arising + out of water and extending continuously through water, + by the command of God; + +003:006 and that, by means of these, the then existing race of men + was overwhelmed with water and perished. + +003:007 But the present heavens and the present earth are, by the command + of the same God, kept stored up, reserved for fire in preparation + for a day of judgement and of destruction for the ungodly. + +003:008 But there is one thing, dear friends, which you must not forget. + With the Lord one day resembles a thousand years and a thousand + years resemble one day. + +003:009 The Lord is not slow in fulfilling His promise, in the sense + in which some men speak of slowness. But He bears patiently + with you, His desire being that no one should perish but that + all should come to repentance. + +003:010 The day of the Lord will come like a thief--it will be a day + on which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, + the elements be destroyed in the fierce heat, and the earth + and all the works of man be utterly burnt up. + +003:011 Since all these things are thus pre-destined to dissolution, + what sort of men ought you to be found to be in all holy + living and godly conduct, + +003:012 eagerly looking forward to the coming of the day of God, + by reason of which the heavens, all ablaze, will be destroyed, + and the elements will melt in the fierce heat? + +003:013 But in accordance with His promise we are expecting new heavens + and a new earth, in which righteousness will dwell. + +003:014 Therefore, dear friends, since you have these expectations, + earnestly seek to be found in His presence, free from blemish + or reproach, in peace. + +003:015 And always regard the patient forbearance of our Lord as salvation, + as our dear brother Paul also has written to you in virtue + of the wisdom granted to him. + +003:016 That is what he says in all his letters, when speaking in them + of these things. In those letters there are some statements + hard to understand, which ill-taught and unprincipled + people pervert, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures, + to their own ruin. + +003:017 You, therefore, dear friends, having been warned beforehand, + must continually be on your guard so as not to be led + astray by the false teaching of immoral men nor fall from + your own stedfastness. + +003:018 But be always growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord + and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be all glory, both now + and to the day of Eternity! + + + + + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Weymouth New Testament in Modern +Speech, 2 Peter, by R. F. 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