2 Peter 1:1 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the uprightness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been given a faith as privileged as ours;

¹⁸ As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who was afterward called Peter, and his brother, Andrew, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

² These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James the son of Zebedee and his brother John,

⁴⁷ My spirit exults in God my Savior.

⁴⁹ This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send prophets and apostles to them, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute'—

³¹ O Simon, Simon! Satan has obtained permission to sift all of you like wheat, ³² but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And afterward you yourself must turn and strengthen your brothers." ³³ Peter said to him, "Master, I am ready to go to prison and to death with you!" ³⁴ But he said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow today before you deny three times that you know me!"

⁴² He took him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, son of John. You shall be called Cephas"—that is, Peter, which means rock.

²⁶ If anyone serves me, he must follow me, and wherever I am found, my servant must be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.

²¹ Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you! Just as my Father sent me forth so I now send you."

¹⁵ When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than these others are?" Peter said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs!" ¹⁶ Again Jesus said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, are you devoted to me?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then be a shepherd to my sheep!" ¹⁷ Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because the third time Jesus asked him if he loved him, and he answered, "Master, you know everything, you can see that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep!

⁸ And God who knows men's hearts testified for them by giving them the holy Spirit just as he had done to us, ⁹ making no difference between us and them, but cleansing their hearts by faith.

¹⁴ Symeon has told how God first showed an interest in taking from among the heathen a people to bear his name.

¹ Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called as an apostle, set apart to declare God's good news,

¹² in other words, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith.

¹⁷ In it God's way of uprightness is disclosed through faith and for faith, just as the Scripture says, "The upright will have life because of his faith."

²¹ But now God's way of uprightness has been disclosed without any reference to law, though the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it. ²² It is God's way of uprightness and comes through having faith in Jesus Christ, and it is for all who have faith, without distinction. ²³ For all men sin and come short of the glory of God, ²⁴ but by his mercy they are made upright for nothing, by the deliverance secured through Christ Jesus. ²⁵ For God showed him publicly dying as a sacrifice of reconciliation to be taken advantage of through faith. This was to vindicate his own justice (for in his forbearance, God passed over men's former sins)— ²⁶ to vindicate his justice at the present time, and show that he is upright himself, and that he makes those who have faith in Jesus upright also.

³⁰ But you are his children, through your union with Christ Jesus, whom God has made our wisdom—our uprightness and consecration and redemption,

¹ Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the product of my work in the Lord's service?

⁹ For I am the least important of the apostles, and am not fit to be called an apostle, because I once persecuted God's church.

¹³ In the same spirit of faith as his who said, "I believed, and so I spoke," I too believe, and so I speak,

²¹ He made him who knew nothing of sin to be sin, for our sake, so that through union with him we might become God's uprightness.

⁸ for he who actuated Peter to be an apostle to the Jews also actuated me to be one to the heathen—

⁵ (which in past ages was not disclosed to mankind as fully as it has now been revealed through the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets)

⁵ There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

¹¹ And he has given us some men as apostles, some as prophets, some as missionaries, some as pastors and teachers,

²⁹ For you have been granted the privilege not only of trusting in Christ but of suffering for him.

⁹ and be known to be united to him, with any uprightness I may have not based on law but coming through faith in Christ—the uprightness that comes from God through faith.

⁵ of being reminded of your genuine faith, a faith that was seen first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice; I am sure it is in you also.

¹ Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to arouse faith in those whom God has chosen, and the comprehension of religious truth,

⁴ to Titus, my true child in our common faith; God our Father and Christ Jesus our Savior bless you and give you peace.

¹³ while we wait for the fulfilment of our blessed hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus.

¹ Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who are scattered as foreigners over Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

⁷ they are to show that your faith when tested is found to be more precious than gold, which though it is perishable is tested with fire, and they will bring you praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

⁷ It is you, therefore, who believe who see its value, but for men who do not believe, "The stone which the builders refused has been made a cornerstone,"

¹ I appeal therefore to those who are elders among you; I am their brother-elder and a witness to what the Christ suffered, and I am to share in the glory that is to be revealed—

⁴ Thus he has given us his precious and splendid promises so that through them you may escape the corrupting influences that exist in the world through passion, and come to share in the divine nature.