2 Peter 1:21

The 2026 edition cites 3 passages containing 2 Peter 1:21, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.

2 Peter 1:19-21

¹⁹ 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:
²⁰ Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
²¹ 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.

Cited by 3 places in the Constitution

Testimony of the RPCNA 1

T 2.12
The Holy Spirit, abiding in believers, unites them to Christ the Head, and to one another in the Church which is His body. He imparts various gifts and graces…

Larger Catechism 2

LC 3
The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God, the only rule of faith and obedience.
LC 157
The holy Scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them; with a firm persuasion that they are the very Word of God; and that he only can…

2 Peter 1:20-21

²⁰ Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
²¹ 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.

Cited by 1 place in the Constitution

Westminster Confession of Faith 1

CF 1.9
The infallible rule of interpretation of Scripture is the Scripture itself: and therefore, when there is a question about the true and full sense of any…

2 Peter 1:21

²¹ 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.

Cited by 4 places in the Constitution

Westminster Confession of Faith 2

CF 1.3
The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the canon of the Scripture; and therefore are of no authority in the…
CF 1.4
The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, dependeth not upon the testimony of any man, or church; but wholly upon God…

Testimony of the RPCNA 2

T 1.5
God gave His written revelation progressively by holy men whom He chose, and inspired and infallibly guided to write inerrantly and completely the revelation…
T 2.8
The special work of the Holy Spirit is to apply to the elect the redeeming benefits of Christ’s atonement. The outward and ordinary means through which He…