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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.

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For 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.

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And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

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We have also a more sure word of prophecy whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth 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 the scripture is of any private interpretation.

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For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.