1:1  
    [kjv]  Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
    [bbe]  Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
1:2
    [kjv]  Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
    [bbe]  May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
1:3
    [kjv]  According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
    [bbe]  Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;
1:4  
    [kjv]  Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
    [bbe]  And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.
1:5 
    [kjv]  And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
    [bbe]  So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
1:6
    [kjv]  And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
    [bbe]  And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
1:7
    [kjv]  And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
    [bbe]  And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
1:8  
    [kjv]  For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    [bbe]  For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:9  
    [kjv]  But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
    [bbe]  For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.
1:10 
    [kjv]  Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
    [bbe]  For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
1:11
    [kjv]  For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
    [bbe]  For so t............