2 Peter 1:3
Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;
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2May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
Cross References
Psalms 84:11\84:10\For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
Proverbs 12:4A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.
Proverbs 31:29Unnumbered women have done well, but you are better than all of them.
John 17:2Even as you gave him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.
Romans 8:32He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
1 Corinthians 1:9God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 1:2-5
Second Peter The penman of this epistle appears plainly to be the same who wrote the foregoing; and, whatever difference some learned men apprehend they discern in the style of this epistle from that of the former, this cannot be a sufficient argument to assert that it was written by Simon who succeeded the apostle James in the church at Jerusalem, inasmuch as he who wrote this epistle calls himself Simon Peter, and an apostle ( v. 1 ), and says that he was one of the three apostles that were present at Christ's… Read the whole commentary →