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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.

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For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there was borne such a voice to him by the Majestic Glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased:

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and this voice we [ourselves] heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

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And we have the word of prophecy [made] more sure whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:

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knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.

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For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.