diff --git a/2pe/01/19.md b/2pe/01/19.md index 4baeb80685..ba4b1227fa 100644 --- a/2pe/01/19.md +++ b/2pe/01/19.md @@ -1,14 +1,6 @@ # For we have the prophetic word made more certain -"For the things that we saw make this prophetic message more sure" - -# For we have - -Here the word "we" refers to all believers, including Peter and his readers. - -# the prophetic word made - -This refers to the Old Testament. Alternate translation: "the scriptures, which the prophets spoke, made" +"For the things that we saw make this prophetic message more sure". This refers to the Old Testament. Alternate translation: "the scriptures, which the prophets spoke, made" # to which you would do well to pay attention @@ -20,7 +12,7 @@ Peter compares the prophetic word to a lamp that gives light in the dark until l # the morning star rises in your hearts -Peter speaks of Christ as the "morning star," which indicates that daybreak and the end of darkness is near. Christ will bring light into the hearts of believers, ending all doubt and bringing full understanding of who he is. Alternate translation: "Christ shines his light into your hearts like the morning star shines its light into the world" +"Christ shines his light into your hearts like the morning star shines its light into the world"