2 Peter 1:3

Accordinge as his godly power hath geven vnto vs all thinges that pertayne vnto lyfe and godlynes thorow the knowledge of him that hath called vs by vertue and glory

Tyndale New Testament

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 with you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Iesus oure Lorde.

4by the meanes whereof are geven vnto vs excellent and moste greate promises that by the helpe of them ye shuld be partakers of the godly nature in that ye flye the corrupcion of worldy lust.

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Cross References

John 17:2as thou hast geve him power over all fleshe that he shuld geve eternall lyfe to as many as thou hast geven him.

Romans 8:32which spared not his awne sonne but gave him for vs all: how shall he not with him geve vs all thinges also?

1 Corinthians 1:9For god is faythfull by whom ye are called vnto the fellishyppe of his sonne Iesus Christe oure lorde.

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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