2 Peter 1:3

Seeing that his divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and might;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

2Grace and peace be multiplied to you, in the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.

4through which he has given us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world through lust;

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Cross References

John 17:2as thou gayest him authority over all flesh, that as many as thou hast given to him, to them he should give eternal life.

Romans 8:32He who spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?

1 Corinthians 1:9God is faithful, by whom ye were called into 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 →

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