2 Peter 1:16

Peter insists the message about Christ's power and coming was not a clever myth but rested on eyewitness testimony of his majesty. It matters because the Christian faith is founded on real historical events, not invented stories.

Cross-references · 32

• 1 Jn 4:14We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
• John 1:14The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
• 1 Tim 1:4and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith —
• 1 Cor 2:4My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
• 1 Jn 1:1–3That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life
• Eph 4:14that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
• Luke 9:28–32About eight days after these sayings, he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray.
• 1 Tim 4:7But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.
• 1 Cor 1:17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News — not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.
• Mark 9:1–2He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see God’s Kingdom come with power.”
• Rev 1:7Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
• Titus 1:14not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
• 2 Pet 3:3–4knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts,
• Matt 28:18Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
• 2 Cor 2:17For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
• Mal 3:2“But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderer’s soap;
• 1 Cor 1:23but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,
• Jude 1:14About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
• 2 Cor 4:2But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
• 1 Cor 2:1When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
• 2 Cor 12:16–17But be it so, I did not myself burden you. But, being crafty, I caught you with deception.
• Phil 3:21who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
• 1 Th 2:19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
• 2 Th 2:9even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
• Mal 4:5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
• 1 Cor 5:4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
• 1 Cor 1:7so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
• Matt 24:27For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
• Matt 24:3As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”
• Matt 16:28Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”
• John 17:2even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
• Rom 1:4who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

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