2 Peter 1:3

in that His divine power has granted to us all things pertaining to life and godliness, through the real knowledge of the One who called us by glory and excellence,

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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

2may grace and peace be multiplied to you through a real knowledge of God and of our Lord Jesus,

4through which He has granted to us such precious and extraordinary promises, so that through these you may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped the depravity that is in the world because of lust.

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Cross References

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

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

1 Corinthians 1:9God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with 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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