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2 Peter 1:17

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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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  1. Mark 9:7Rank 1 from verse 17
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    7And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

  2. Matthew 17:5Rank 2 from verse 17
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    5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

  3. Matthew 3:17Rank 3 from verse 17
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    17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

  4. Luke 3:22Rank 4 from verse 17
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    22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

  5. Luke 9:34–35Rank 5 from verse 17
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    34While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.

    35And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

  6. Mark 1:11Rank 6 from verse 17
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    11And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

  7. Matthew 12:18Rank 7 from verse 17
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    18Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

  8. John 3:35Rank 8 from verse 17
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    35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

  9. John 5:26Rank 9 from verse 17
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    26For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

  10. Isaiah 42:1Rank 10 from verse 17
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    1BEHOLD my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

  11. 2 John 1:3Rank 11 from verse 17
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    3Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

  12. John 12:28–29Rank 12 from verse 17
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    28Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

    29The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.

  13. 2 Corinthians 1:3Rank 13 from verse 17
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    3Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

  14. Luke 10:22Rank 14 from verse 17
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    22All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

  15. 2 Corinthians 11:31Rank 15 from verse 17
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    31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

  16. John 5:36–37Rank 16 from verse 17
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    36¶ But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

    37And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

  17. John 17:21Rank 17 from verse 17
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    21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

  18. Jude 1:1Rank 18 from verse 17
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    1JUDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

  19. John 5:21–23Rank 19 from verse 17
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    21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

    22For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

    23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

  20. John 6:27Rank 20 from verse 17
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    27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

  21. John 6:39Rank 21 from verse 17
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    39And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

  22. John 10:36Rank 22 from verse 17
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    36Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

  23. Isaiah 53:10Rank 23 from verse 17
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    10¶ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

  24. John 10:15Rank 24 from verse 17
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    15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

  25. John 14:6Rank 25 from verse 17
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    6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

  26. John 20:17Rank 26 from verse 17
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    17Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

  27. Matthew 17:3Rank 27 from verse 17
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    3And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

  28. John 13:1–3Rank 28 from verse 17
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    1NOW before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

    2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;

    3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;

  29. John 14:11Rank 29 from verse 17
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    11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.

  30. Matthew 11:25–27Rank 30 from verse 17
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    25¶ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

    26Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

    27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

  31. John 6:37Rank 31 from verse 17
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    37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

  32. Romans 15:6Rank 32 from verse 17
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    6That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  33. Matthew 28:19Rank 33 from verse 17
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    19¶ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

  34. John 14:8–9Rank 34 from verse 17
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    8Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

    9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

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2 Peter 1:17

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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received

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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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honour

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Sense 1: Esteem, respect, dignity, glory, distinction, or exalted standing. Sense 2: To esteem, respect, acknowledge, reward, or adorn.

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glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

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Son

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A title of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Son of man.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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pleased

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Past-tense, past-participial, or adjectival form of please. Sense 1: Gave pleasure or satisfaction to, was agreeable or acceptable to, or was gratified. Sense 2: Chose, desired, willed, or saw fit.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1:12Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

1:13Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

1:14Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

1:15Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

1:16For 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.

1:17For 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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1:18And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

1:19We 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:

1:20Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

1:21For 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.

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