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# 2 Peter 1

2 Peter 1 is chapter 1 of 3 in the Second Letter of Peter. Here are all 21 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> He exhorts them to join all other virtues with their faith, in order to secure their salvation.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## 2 Peter 1 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Simon Peter, servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have been allotted an equal faith with us in the justice of our God and in our Savior Jesus Christ.
2. Grace to you. And may peace be fulfilled according to the plan of God and of Christ Jesus our Lord,
3. in the same manner that all things which are for life and piety have been given to us by his Divine virtue, through the plan of him who has called us to our own glory and virtue.
4. Through Christ, he has given us the greatest and most precious promises, so that by these things you may become sharers in the Divine Nature, fleeing from the corruption of that desire which is in the world.
5. But as for you, taking up every concern, minister virtue in your faith; and in virtue, knowledge;
6. and in knowledge, moderation; and in moderation, patience; and in patience, piety;
7. and in piety, love of brotherhood; and in love of brotherhood, charity.
8. For if these things are with you, and if they abound, they will cause you to be neither empty, nor without fruit, within the plan of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9. For he who does not have these things at hand is blind and groping, being forgetful of his purification from his former offenses.
10. Because of this, brothers, be all the more diligent, so that by good works you may make certain your calling and election. For in doing these things, you do not sin at any time.
11. For in this way, you shall be provided abundantly with an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
12. For this reason, I will always begin to admonish you about these things, even though, certainly, you know them and are confirmed in the present truth.
13. But I consider it just, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up with admonishments.
14. For it is certain that the laying to rest of this, my tabernacle, is approaching swiftly, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has also indicated to me.
15. Therefore, I will present a work for you to have, so that, frequently after my passing, you may call to mind these things.
16. 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.
17. For he received honor and glory from God the Father, whose voice descended to him from the magnificent glory: “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”
18. We also heard this voice conveyed from heaven, when we were with him on the holy mountain.
19. And so, we have an even firmer prophetic word, to which you would do well to listen, as to a light shining within a dark place, until the day dawns, and the daystar rises, in your hearts.
20. Understand this first: that every prophecy of Scripture does not result from one’s own interpretation.
21. For prophecy was not conveyed by human will at any time. Instead, holy men were speaking about God while inspired by the Holy Spirit.

## 2 Peter 1 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Simon Petrus, servus et apostolus Jesu Christi, iis qui coæqualem nobiscum sortiti sunt fidem in justitia Dei nostri, et Salvatoris Jesu Christi.
2. Gratia vobis, et pax adimpleatur in cognitione Dei, et Christi Jesu Domini nostri:
3. Quomodo omnia nobis divinæ virtutis suæ, quæ ad vitam et pietatem donata sunt, per cognitionem ejus, qui vocavit nos propria gloria, et virtute,
4. per quem maxima, et pretiosa nobis promissa donavit: ut per hæc efficiamini divinæ consortes naturæ: fugientes ejus, quæ in mundo est, concupiscentiæ corruptionem.
5. Vos autem curam omnem subinferentes, ministrate in fide vestra virtutem, in virtute autem scientiam,
6. in scientia autem abstinentiam, in abstinentia autem patientiam, in patientia autem pietatem,
7. in pietate autem amorem fraternitatis, in amore autem fraternitatis caritatem.
8. Hæc enim si vobiscum adsint, et superent, non vacuos nec sine fructu vos constituent in Domini nostri Jesu Christi cognitione.
9. Cui enim non præsto sunt hæc, cæcus est, et manu tentans, oblivionem accipiens purgationis veterum suorum delictorum.
10. Quapropter fratres, magis satagite ut per bona opera certam vestram vocationem, et electionem faciatis: hæc enim facientes, non peccabitis aliquando.
11. Sic enim abundanter ministrabitur vobis introitus in æternum regnum Domini nostri et Salvatoris Jesu Christi.
12. Propter quod incipiam vos semper commonere de his: et quidem scientes et confirmatos vos in præsenti veritate.
13. Justum autem arbitror quamdiu sum in hoc tabernaculo, suscitare vos in commonitione:
14. certus quod velox est depositio tabernaculi mei secundum quod et Dominus noster Jesus Christus significavit mihi.
15. Dabo autem operam et frequenter habere vos post obitum meum, ut horum memoriam faciatis.
16. Non enim doctas fabulas secuti notam fecimus vobis Domini nostri Jesu Christi virtutem et præsentiam: sed speculatores facti illius magnitudinis.
17. Accipiens enim a Deo Patre honorem et gloriam, voce delapsa ad eum hujuscemodi a magnifica gloria: Hic est Filius meus dilectus, in quo mihi complacui, ipsum audite.
18. Et hanc vocem nos audivimus de cælo allatam, cum essemus cum ipso in monte sancto.
19. Et habemus firmiorem propheticum sermonem: cui benefacitis attendentes quasi lucernæ lucenti in caliginoso loco donec dies elucescat, et lucifer oriatur in cordibus vestris:
20. hoc primum intelligentes quod omnis prophetia Scripturæ propria interpretatione non fit.
21. Non enim voluntate humana allata est aliquando prophetia: sed Spiritu Sancto inspirati, locuti sunt sancti Dei homines.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 1996: Grace ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 51: God Reveals His "Plan of Loving Goodness" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 460: The Son of God Became Man ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1265: The Grace of Baptism ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1692: Life in Christ ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1721: Christian Beatitude ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1129: The Sacraments of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1812: The Theological Virtues ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 554: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 517: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 105: Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 613: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “Grace does not destroy nature but perfects it.” — St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I q.1 a.8, c. 1265 (On this theme: verse 4)
- “The Word of God became what we are, that He might make us what He Himself is.” — St. Irenaeus, Against Heresies, III.19.1, c. 180 (On this theme: verse 4)
- “He became man that we might become divine.” — St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation, 54, c. 318 (On this theme: verse 4)
- “Christian, recognize your dignity, and now that you share in God's own nature, do not return by sin to your former base condition.” — St. Leo the Great, Sermon 21 on the Nativity, c. 440 (On this theme: verse 4)
- “The best reader is one who awaits the meaning of what is written from the words themselves rather than imposes it.” — St. Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity, II.2, c. 360 (On this theme: verse 20)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 20: This shows plainly that the scriptures are not to be expounded by any one's private judgment or private spirit, because every part of the holy scriptures were written by men inspired by the Holy Ghost, and declared as such by the Church; therefore they are not to be interpreted but by the Spirit of God, which he hath left, and promised to remain with his Church to guide her in all truth to the end of the world. Some may tell us, that many of our divines interpret the scriptures: they may do so, but they do it always with a submission to the judgment of the Church, and not otherwise.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Fri, Aug 6, 2027 (computed): Transfiguration of the Lord — Second Reading, 2 Peter 1:16-19
- Mon, Jun 5, 2028 (computed): Monday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time — First Reading, 2 Peter 1:2-7
- Sun, Aug 6, 2028 (computed): Transfiguration of the Lord — Second Reading, 2 Peter 1:16-19

Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).