2 Peter 1:3
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
2Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Cross References
Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Proverbs 12:4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
Proverbs 31:29“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
1 Corinthians 1:9God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
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 →