Verse Lens · Concise explanation
2 Peter 1:17 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 17. 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.
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Quick Meaning
This verse recalls Jesus receiving honor and glory through the Father's declaration of beloved sonship and pleasure.
Read It With
- 2 Peter 1:16–21
Read 2 Peter 1:17 with 1:16–21. This verse recalls Jesus receiving honor and glory through the Father's declaration of beloved sonship and pleasure. The complete unit establishes this movement: The proclaimed power and coming of Jesus are grounded in claimed eyewitness experience of his majesty and in the prophetic word, which demands attention because prophecy did not originate in autonomous human will.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The unit supplies the evidential bridge between remembered teaching and discernment of destructive alternatives: not fabricated story, but witness and prophecy read together. Within that movement, this verse recalls Jesus receiving honor and glory through the Father's declaration of beloved sonship and pleasure.
What Remains True
Jesus's majesty is defined by the Father's approval, not human spectacle.
How It Can Shape Life
- Evaluate claims about divine glory by their Christ-centered content and ethical fruit.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 2 Peter 1:16–21 — Majesty Witness and Prophetic Word Ground the ComingSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The voice echoes several scriptural and Gospel traditions, and exact wording differs across accounts.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 2 Peter 1:16–21, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, clause relationships, repeated terms, and the base text used for original-language discussion.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file 2Pet.txt, 1:16–21
Open the 2 Peter Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — 2 Peter with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level Greek, syntax, KJV-era wording, textual variants, and interpretive alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible 2 Peter PDF, 1:16–21 translation and attached translator, study, and textual notes
Open the official NET 2 Peter PDF ↗