II Peter 1:16
“For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Peter 1:16 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
For we were not following cleverly devised stories when we told you of the coming in power of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eye-witnesses of his majesty.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Denn wir haben euch die Macht und Ankunft unseres Herrn Jesus Christus nicht kundgetan, indem wir künstlich erdichteten Fabeln folgten, sondern als die da Augenzeugen seiner herrlichen Größe gewesen sind.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Porque no os hemos dado á conocer la potencia y la venida de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, siguiendo fábulas por arte compuestas; sino como habiendo con nuestros propios ojos visto su majestad.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porque nós não vos anunciamos o poder e vinda de nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo seguindo mitos criados pela inteligência humana, mas sim como testemunhas oculares de sua grandiosidade.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Porque nós não seguimos fábulas engenhosamente inventadas quando vos falamos sobre o poder e a vinda do nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo, mas fomos testemunhas oculares da Sua majestade.
📖 II Peter 1:16 in Context
14Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
15Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
16For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
18And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
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