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18 We [actually] heard this voice borne out of heaven, for we were together with Him on the holy mountain.

19 And we have the prophetic word [made] firmer still. You will do well to pay close attention to it as to a lamp shining in a dismal (squalid and dark) place, until the day breaks through [the gloom] and the Morning Star rises ([a]comes into being) in your hearts.

20 [Yet] first [you must] understand this, that no prophecy of Scripture is [a matter] of any personal or private or special interpretation (loosening, solving).

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 1:19 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.

18 We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.(A)

19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable,(B) and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light(C) shining in a dark place, until the day dawns(D) and the morning star(E) rises in your hearts.(F) 20 Above all, you must understand(G) that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things.

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