2 Peter 1:16

Jesus Christ Truth and honesty The return of Christ

¹⁴ Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

¹⁵ Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

¹⁷ For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

¹⁸ And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
KJV: For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
WEB: For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
ASV: For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
DARBY: For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cleverly imagined fables, but having been eyewitnesses of *his* majesty.
BLB: For we did not make known to you⁺ the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ having followed after cleverly devised myths, but having been eyewitnesses of His majesty.

ÅB: For det var ikke kunstferdige myter vi fulgte da vi kunngjorde dere vår Herre Jesu Kristi makt og gjenkomst; vi hadde vært øyenvitner til hans herlighet.
OTB: For vi fulgte ikke kløktig utformede historier da vi gjorde kjent for dere vår Herre Jesu Kristi kraft og komme, men vi var øyenvitner til Hans majestet.
B1930: For ikke var det kløktig uttenkte eventyr vi fulgte da vi kunngjorde eder vår Herre Jesu Kristi makt og gjenkomst, men vi hadde vært øienvidner til hans storhet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 John 4:14
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
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John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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1 Timothy 1:4
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
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1 John 1:1–3
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
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1 Corinthians 2:4
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
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Ephesians 4:14
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
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Luke 9:28–32
And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
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1 Timothy 4:7
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
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