FRIDAY 8TH DECEMBER 2017 MORNING
2 Peter 1:1-11 New International Version (NIV)
1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Confirming One’s Calling and Election
3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But whoever does not have them is near sighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters,[a] make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, 11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Footnotes:
- 2 Peter 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.
IJUMAA TAREHE 8 DISEMBA 2017
2Petro 1: 1 – 11
1 Simoni Petro, mtumwa na mtume wa Yesu Kristo, kwa wale waliopata imani moja na sisi, yenye thamani, katika hali ya Mungu wetu, na Mwokozi Yesu Kristo.
2 Neema na iwe kwenu na amani iongezwe katika kumjua Mungu na Yesu Bwana wetu.
3 Kwa kuwa uweza wake wa Uungu umetukirimia vitu vyote vipasavyo uzima na utauwa, kwa kumjua yeye aliyetuita kwa utukufu wake na wema wake mwenyewe.
4 Tena kwa hayo ametukirimia ahadi kubwa mno, za thamani, ili kwamba kwa hizo mpate kuwa washirika wa tabia ya Uungu, mkiokolewa na uharibifu uliomo duniani kwa sababu ya tamaa.
5 Naam, na kwa sababu iyo hiyo mkijitahidi sana kwa upande wenu, katika imani yenu tieni na wema, na katika wema wenu maarifa,
6 na katika maarifa yenu kiasi, na katika kiasi chenu saburi, na katika saburi yenu utauwa,
7 na katika utauwa wenu upendano wa ndugu, na katika upendano wa ndugu, upendo.
8 Maana mambo hayo yakiwa kwenu na kujaa tele, yawafanya ninyi kuwa si wavivu wala si watu wasio na matunda, kwa kumjua Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
9 Maana yeye asiyekuwa na hayo ni kipofu, hawezi kuona vitu vilivyo mbali, amesahau kule kutakaswa dhambi zake za zamani.
10 Kwa hiyo ndugu, jitahidini zaidi kufanya imara kuitwa kwenu na uteule wenu; maana mkitenda hayo hamtajikwaa kamwe.
11 Maana hivi mtaruzukiwa kwa ukarimu kuingia katika ufalme wa milele wa Bwana wetu, Mwokozi wetu Yesu Kristo.