2 Peter 1:3

As His divine power has granted to us all things pertaining to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,

English Majority Text (NT)

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 your knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 1 Make Your Calling and Election Sure

4through which have been given to us precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through these we may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

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Cross References

John 17:2just as You have given Him authority over all flesh, so that He will give eternal life to all You have given Him.

Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up on behalf of us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

1 Corinthians 1:9God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Divisions in the Church

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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