2 Peter 1:3
All the things concerning divine power for life and godliness have been given to us through the knowledge of God, who called us through his own glory and excellence.
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2May grace and peace increase in measure in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Cross References
Psalms 84:11For Yahweh God is our sun and shield; 1 Yahweh will give grace and glory; 1 he does not withhold any good thing from those who walk in integrity. 1
Proverbs 12:4A worthy wife is her husband's crown, 1 but she who brings shame is like a disease that rots his bones. 1
Proverbs 31:29“Many women have done well, 1 but you surpassed them all.” 1
John 17:2just as you gave him authority over all flesh so that he would give eternal life to everyone 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 will he not also with him freely give us all things?
1 Corinthians 1:9God is faithful, who called you into the fellowship of 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 →