1:12 Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly 6 of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have. 1:13 Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, 7 I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder, 1:14 since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, 8 because 9 our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me. 10 1:15 Indeed, I will also make every effort that, after my departure, you have a testimony of these things. 11
1:16 For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return 12 of our Lord Jesus Christ; 13 no, 14 we were 15 eyewitnesses of his 16 grandeur. 17 1:17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when that 18 voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory: “This is my dear Son, in whom I am delighted.” 19 1:18 When this voice was conveyed from heaven, we ourselves 20 heard it, for we were with him on the holy mountain. 21 1:19 Moreover, 22 we 23 possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. 24 You do well if you pay attention 25 to this 26 as you would 27 to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star 28 rises in your hearts. 29 1:20 Above all, you do well if you recognize 30 this: 31 No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet’s own imagination, 32 1:21 for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men 33 carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.