2Pe 1:1 ¶ Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
 5 ¶ And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
 11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
 12 ¶ Wherefore 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.
 13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
 15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
 16 ¶ 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.
 17 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.
 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
 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. (KJV)

I have had several discussions lately with a person who claims the Bible is important in their church, but the church places the word of man today over what is written in the Bible. Actions speak louder than words.

Reading what the Lord has Peter say in this chapter we see that Peter placed a great deal of importance on the Scriptures. Notice in verse 14-15 that Peter knew he would soon die, but he wanted these believers to be able to still have what he had taught them. How would that be accomplished? By the epistles that the Lord had him to write! He went on to give authority to what he was writing.  He reminds the people that this isn't just made up stories, it is from God.

Peter was one of only three disciples at the Mount of Transfigeration. He saw the Lord glorified. As great as that experience was, Peter says that there is a more sure word of prophecy and then he goes on to talk of the authority of the writings of the prophets - 20b 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.

The same Holy Spirit that moved Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Samuel, etc to write the scriptures of the Old Testament, moved Paul, Peter, John  etc to write the scriptures of what we call the New Testament.

Never sell the Bible short - IT IS THE VERY WORD OF GOD!

2Ti 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness