2 Peter 1:3
How 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.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
2grace and peace be [full-]filled to you, by the knowing of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Psalms 84:11For God loveth mercy and truth; the Lord shall give grace and glory. He shall not deprive them from goods, that go in innocence; (For God loveth mercy and faithfulness; and the Lord giveth favour and glory. He will not hold back any good thing, from those who go in innocence or from those who do what is right.)
Proverbs 12:4A diligent woman is a crown to her husband; and rot is in the bones of that woman, that doeth things worthy of confusion. (A diligent woman is a crown to her husband; but rot is in the bones of her, who doeth shameful things.)
Proverbs 31:29Many daughters gathered riches; thou passedest all. (Many women have gathered in riches; but thou hast surpassed them all.)
John 17:2As thou hast given to him power on each flesh, [or man], (so) that (to) all (the) thing (s) that thou hast given to him, he give to them everlasting life. (For thou hast given him authority over everyone, so that to all those whom thou hast given to him, he can give them eternal life.)
Romans 8:32Which also spared not his own Son, but betook him for us all (or but delivered him for us all), how also gave he not to us all things with him?
1 Corinthians 1:9A true God [or Forsooth God is true], by whom ye be 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 →