18 And we ourselves heard this voice brought from heaven when we[a] were with him on the holy mountain, 19 and we possess as more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well if you[b] pay attention to it as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, 20 recognizing this above all, that every prophecy of scripture does not come about from one’s own interpretation,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 1:18 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were”) which is understood as temporal
  2. 2 Peter 1:19 Here “if” is supplied as a component of the participle (“pay attention to”) which is understood as conditional