13. I think it’s right that I keep stirring up your memory, as long as I’m alive.
14. After all, our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me that I am about to depart from this life.
15. I’m eager for you always to remember these things after my death.
16. We didn’t repeat crafty myths when we told you about the powerful coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Quite the contrary, we witnessed his majesty with our own eyes.
17. He received honor and glory from God the Father when a voice came to him from the magnificent glory, saying, "This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well-pleased."
18. We ourselves heard this voice from heaven while we were with him on the holy mountain.
19. In addition, we have a most reliable prophetic word, and you would do well to pay attention to it, just as you would to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
20. Most important, you must know that no prophecy of scripture represents the prophet’s own understanding of things,
21. because no prophecy ever came by human will. Instead, men and women led by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.