2 Peter 1:4
through 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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Romans 9:4who are Israelites, of whom are the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law-giving, and the worship, and the promises;
2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Galatians 3:16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises spoken. He does not say, “And to seeds,” referring to many, but referring to one, “ And to your seed,” who is Christ.
Ephesians 4:23and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
Hebrews 8:6But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted upon better promises.
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 →