2 Peter 1:3
As all things of his divine power which appertain to life and godliness, are given us, through the knowledge of him who hath called us by his own proper glory and virtue.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2Grace to you and peace be accomplished in the knowledge of God and of Christ Jesus our Lord:
Cross References
Psalms 84:11For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.
Proverbs 12:4A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is a rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 31:29Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all.
John 17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him.
Romans 8:32He that spared not even his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how hath he not also, with him, given us all things?
1 Corinthians 1:9God is faithful: by whom you are called unto the fellowship of 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 →