2 Peter 1:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

So that ye first knowe this, that no prophesie in the scripture is of any priuate motion.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Pet 3:3 : 3 This first vnderstande, that there shall come in the laste dayes mockers, whiche wyll walke after their owne lustes,
  • Rom 6:6 : 6 Knowyng this, that our olde man is crucified with hym also, that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed, that hencefoorth we shoulde not serue sinne.
  • Rom 12:6 : 6 Seyng that we haue dyuers giftes, accordyng to the grace that is geuen vnto vs, yf any man haue the gyft, either prophesie after the measure of fayth,
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 And chiefely consideryng the season, howe that it is tyme that we shoulde nowe awake out of slepe: For nowe is our saluation nearer, then when we beleued.
  • 1 Tim 1:9 : 9 Knowyng this, that the lawe is not geuen vnto a ryghteous man, but vnto the lawlesse and disobedient, to the vngodly and to sinners, to vnholy and vncleane, to murtherers of fathers & murtherers of mothers, to manslears,

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    15And that from an infant thou hast knowen the scriptures, which are able to make thee wyse vnto saluation, thorowe fayth which is in Christe Iesus.

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    16Yea almost in euery epistle, speakyng of such thinges: among which, are manye thynges harde to be vnderstande, which they that are vnlearned and vnstable, peruert, as they do also the other scriptures, vnto their owne destruction.

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