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2 Pedro 1

BLIVRE · Chapter 1/3

1Simão Pedro, servo e apóstolo de Jesus Cristo, aos que obtiveram conosco a igualmente preciosa fé pela justiça de nosso Deus e Salvador Jesus Cristo;

2Graça e paz vos seja multiplicada pelo conhecimento de Deus, e de Jesus nosso Senhor.

3Como seu divino poder ele tem nos dado tudo o que [pertence] à vida e à devoção divina, por meio do conhecimento daquele que nos chamou à glória e virtude;

4Pelas quais nos são dadas grandíssimas e preciosas promessas, para que por meio delas sejais participantes da natureza divina, tendo escapado da corrupção que há no mundo pelo mau desejo.

5E por isso mesmo, pondo todo o empenho, acrescentai a vossa fé virtude; e à virtude, conhecimento;

6E ao conhecimento, domínio próprio; e ao domínio próprio, paciência; e à paciência, devoção divina;

7E à devoção divina, amor fraternal; e ao amor fraternal, amor.

8Porque se em vós existirem e abundarem estas coisas, elas não vos deixarão ociosos nem estéreis no conhecimento de nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo.

9Porque aquele em quem não há estas coisas é cego, nada vendo de longe, tendo se esquecido da purificação de seus antigos pecados.

10Portanto, irmãos, procurai ainda mais confirmar vosso chamamento e escolha [da parte de Deus] ; porque fazendo isso nunca tropeçareis.

11Porque assim vos será abundantemente fornecida a entrada no reino eterno de nosso Senhor e Salvador Jesus Cristo.

12Por isso eu não deixarei de sempre vos relembrar destas coisas, ainda que [as] saibais, e estejais firmes na verdade presente.

13E eu considero justo, enquanto eu estiver neste tabernáculo, de vos despertar com relembranças;

14Sabendo que breve está a saída do meu meu tabernáculo, conforme também nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo tem revelado a mim.

15Mas também procurarei que depois de minha partida vós sejais capazes de ter lembrança destas coisas.

16Porque nós não vos anunciamos o poder e vinda de nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo seguindo mitos criados pela inteligência humana, mas sim como testemunhas oculares de sua grandiosidade.

17Porque de Deus Pai ele recebeu honra e glória, tendo sido lhe enviada tal voz de magnífica glória: Este é meu amado Filho, em quem me agrado.

18E nós ouvimos esta voz enviada do Céu, estando nós com ele no santo monte.

19E temos a muito confiável palavra dos profetas; a qual vós fazeis bem ao prestardes atenção, como a uma luz que ilumina em lugar escuro, até que o dia clareie e a estrela da manhã se levante em vossos corações.

20Sabendo primeiramente isto: que nenhuma profecia da Escritura é de interpretação particular.

21Porque a profecia jamais foi produzida pela vontade humana, mas os santos homens de Deus falaram conduzidos pelo Espírito Santo.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

Peter urges his readers to add virtue, knowledge, self-control, and love to their faith, so that they will not be unfruitful in the knowledge of Christ. He reaffirms that his testimony about Jesus is not a cleverly invented fable, but something he witnessed with his own eyes, including the transfiguration.

Explanation

The list of qualities to be added to faith (virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, love) works like a ladder of progressive spiritual growth, showing that initial faith must continually develop into mature character. Peter, knowing that his death was near, reinforces his authority as an eyewitness of Jesus' transfiguration on the mountain, an event he personally saw and heard, to give weight to his message against future false teachers. The statement that 'no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation' highlights that Scripture did not originate from human invention, but from men moved by the Holy Spirit. Today's practical application is to seek continual growth in character, not just an initial conversion, as a sign of genuine faith.

Fun facts

  • The transfiguration of Jesus, mentioned by Peter as an eyewitness (1:16-18), is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew 17, Mark 9, and Luke 9, and Peter was among the three disciples (along with James and John) who witnessed the event on the mountain.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. 2 Pedro 1:1Peter introduces himself using his full Jewish name, Simon Peter, writing what would be his final letter — addressed to Christians who, though not apostles themselves, have obtained a faith equally precious in God’s sight.
  2. 2 Pedro 1:2A greeting common to New Testament letters, but here it already ties grace and peace to the ‘knowledge’ of God — a keyword repeated throughout the letter as an antidote to the false teachers of chapter 2.
  3. 2 Pedro 1:3States that God has already provided everything necessary for a life of faith — nothing is lacking on His part; what is missing, according to the following verses, is the believer’s effort to develop it.
  4. 2 Pedro 1:4Speaking of becoming “partakers of the divine nature” is a phrase that has produced varied interpretations throughout Christian history — read by some as transformed character and closeness to God, by others as a deeper union. The phrase is still debated among different traditions.
  5. 2 Pedro 1:5Begins a list of qualities meant to grow one out of the other, like rungs of a ladder — faith is only the first step, meant to lead to virtue and knowledge.
  6. 2 Pedro 1:6Continues the ladder of qualities: from knowledge comes self-control, from self-control patience, and from patience godliness — each one preparing the ground for the next.
  7. 2 Pedro 1:7Closes the list with love: first brotherly love among believers, and finally the broader love for anyone at all — the top of the ladder of Christian qualities the text has described.
  8. 2 Pedro 1:8Explains why it’s worth cultivating this list of qualities: they keep faith from becoming stagnant or fruitless in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  9. 2 Pedro 1:9Describes the opposite: whoever fails to develop these qualities becomes like someone with short-sighted vision, unable to see the greater meaning of his own salvation — as though he had forgotten where he was rescued from.
  10. 2 Pedro 1:10Ties the growth of these qualities to a practical assurance of one’s own faith: living this way confirms, in practice, the calling a person has already received, keeping them from straying off the path.
  11. 2 Pedro 1:11Promises a final reward for those who persevere in this growth: an entrance ministered “abundantly” into the everlasting kingdom — not a narrow or uncertain one.
  12. 2 Pedro 1:12Peter explains why he insists on repeating these teachings: not because his readers don’t know them, but because being reminded of what one already knows helps keep it firm in practice.
  13. 2 Pedro 1:13Calls his own body a “tabernacle,” a temporary tent — a way of saying that, as long as he is still alive, he considers it his duty to keep reminding his readers of these teachings.
  14. 2 Pedro 1:14Peter reveals that he knows he will die soon, something he says was revealed to him by Jesus — a rare, personal detail that gives the letter the tone of a farewell.
  15. 2 Pedro 1:15Explains his motivation for writing: to make sure that, even after his death, these teachings remain available in writing for his readers to remember.
  16. 2 Pedro 1:16The mention of having seen “his majesty” on the holy mountain refers to the transfiguration, recounted in the Gospels, when Jesus reportedly appeared shining before some disciples, with a voice from heaven declaring Him the Son of God — cited here as eyewitness testimony, in contrast to cunningly devised fables.
  17. 2 Pedro 1:17Describes the moment of Jesus’ transfiguration, told in the Gospels: a voice from heaven publicly declaring Him the beloved Son of God — Peter cites this as a direct eyewitness.
  18. 2 Pedro 1:18Reinforces that Peter was physically present when this voice was heard — a way of giving weight to his authority as a witness, in contrast to the false teachers he is about to denounce.
  19. 2 Pedro 1:19Calling the “word of prophecy” a light shining in a dark place until the “day star” — the planet Venus, seen at dawn — arises describes the Old Testament scriptures as a temporary guide, useful until a clearer revelation would come.
  20. 2 Pedro 1:20Saying that “no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation” concerns the origin of these prophecies, not how to read them today: the point, explained in the next verse, is that the prophets did not invent messages on their own, but spoke inspired by the Holy Spirit.
  21. 2 Pedro 1:21Explains the origin of biblical prophecy: it was not the personal invention of those who wrote it, but came through people guided by the Holy Spirit — the basis for trusting it as the word of God.

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