2 Peter 1:3
As His divine power having given unto us all things which appertain to life and godliness, through the perfect knowledge of the one having called us to his own glory and virtue:
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
2Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Cross References
John 17:2as thou didst give Him authority over all flesh, in order that whatsoever thou hast given unto Him, He may give unto them eternal life.
Romans 8:32Indeed he who spared not his own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not with him, freely give us all things?
1 Corinthians 1:9God is faithful, through whom you have been called unto the fellowship of His Son our Lord Jesus Christ.
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 →