2 Peter 1:2

grace and peace be [full-]filled to you, by the knowing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

In Context

1Simon Peter, (a) servant and (an) apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have taken with us the even-faith (or to those who have received the same faith as us), in the rightwiseness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ,

3How all things of his god-like virtue, that be to life and piety, be given to us, by the knowing of him, that called us for his own glory and virtue. (How all the things of his godly or his divine power, which be for life and piety, be given to us, through the knowledge of him, who called us to share in his own glory and power.)

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Cross References

Numbers 6:24The Lord bless thee, and keep thee;

Daniel 4:1Nebuchadnezzar, the king, writeth thus to all peoples, [folks], and languages, that dwell in all earth, peace be multiplied to you. (King Nebuchadnezzar writeth this to all the peoples, and nations, of every language, who live on all the earth, peace be multiplied to you.)

Luke 10:22All things be given to me of my Father (or Everything is given to me by my Father), and no man knoweth who is the Son, but the Father; and who is the Father, but the Son, and to whom the Son will show (it).

Romans 1:7to all that be at Rome, darlings [or the (be) loved] of God, and called holy, grace [be] to you, and (the) peace of God our Father, and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3:8Nevertheless I guess all things to be impairment for the clear science (or for the glorious knowledge) of Jesus Christ my Lord. For whom I made all things impairment, and I deem as drit [or as turds], that I win Christ (or so that I may win the Messiah),

2 Peter 1:3How all things of his god-like virtue, that be to life and piety, be given to us, by the knowing of him, that called us for his own glory and virtue. (How all the things of his godly or his divine power, which be for life and piety, be given to us, through the knowledge of him, who called us to share in his own glory and power.)

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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