2 Peter 1:3

For his power divine has granted to us everything needful for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue.

Montgomery 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 and peace be multiplied to you by the God and Father of Jesus our Lord.

4By these he has granted his promises to us, precious and splendid; so that through them you may become partners of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

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Cross References

John 17:2"since thou hast given him authority over all mankind, to give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him.

Romans 8:32He that spared not his own Son, But freely delivered him up for us all, How shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

1 Corinthians 1:9Faithful is the God 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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