2 Peter 1:3
As, all things, suited for life and godliness his divine power, unto us, hath given, through the personal knowledge of him that hath called us through glory and excellence,—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2Favour unto you, and peace, be multiplied, in the personal knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;—
Cross References
Psalms 84:11For, a sun and shield, is Yahweh God,—Grace and glory, will Yahweh give, He will not withhold what is good, from them who walk without blame.
Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman, is the crown of her husband, but, a veritable decay in his bones, is she that causeth shame.
Proverbs 31:29Many daughters, have done virtuously, but, thou, excellest them all!
John 17:2Even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that, as touching whatsoever thou hast given him, he might give unto them, life age-abiding.
Romans 8:32He, at least, who his own Son did not spare, but in behalf of us all delivered him up, how shall he not also, with him, all things upon us in favour bestow?
1 Corinthians 1:9Faithful, is God, through whom ye have been called 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 →