2 Peter 1:17

Peter recalls the Father honoring Jesus at the Transfiguration with the voice declaring him the beloved Son. It matters because God himself testified to Jesus' identity and approval.

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• Mark 9:7Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”
• Matt 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
• Matt 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
• Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
• Luke 9:34–35While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
• Mark 1:11And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
• Matt 12:18“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
• John 3:35The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
• John 5:26For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
• Isa 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
• John 12:28–29Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
• 2 Jn 1:3Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love.
• 2 Cor 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
• Luke 10:22All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
• 2 Cor 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
• John 5:36–37But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
• John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
• Jude 1:1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
• John 5:21–23For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
• John 6:39And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
• John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
• John 10:36then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
• John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
• John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
• John 10:15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
• Matt 17:3Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus.
• Isa 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
• John 14:11Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me—or at least believe on account of the works themselves.
• John 13:1–3It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
• Matt 11:25–27At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
• John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
• Rom 15:6so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Matt 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
• John 14:8–9Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

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