2 Peter 1:3
as his divine power hath given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who hath called us by that glory and virtue,
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
2grace and peace be multiplied unto you, in the acknowledgement of God, and of Jesus our Lord;
Cross References
John 17:2as Thou hast given Him power over all flesh, that as to all which Thou hast given Him, He might give them eternal life;
Romans 8:32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him freely give us all things?
1 Corinthians 1:9for God is faithful by whom ye were called into the communion 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 →