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2 Peter 1:4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 Peter 1:4
1599 Geneva Bible
4 [a]Whereby most great and precious promises are given unto us, that by them ye should be partakers of the [b]divine nature, in that ye flee the corruption, which is in the [c]world through [d]lust.
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- 2 Peter 1:4 An explication of the former sentence, declaring the causes of so great benefits, to wit, God and his free promise, from whence all these benefits proceed, I say, these most excellent benefits, whereby we are delivered from the corruption of the world, (that is, from the wicked lusts which we carry about us) and are made, after a sort, like unto God himself.
- 2 Peter 1:4 By the divine nature, he meaneth not the substance of the Godhead, but the partaking of these qualities whereby the image of God is restored in us.
- 2 Peter 1:4 In men.
- 2 Peter 1:4 For lust is the fear of corruption, and hath his fear even in our very bowels and inmost parts.
2 Peter 1:4
New International Version
2 Peter 1:4
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4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises,(A) so that through them you may participate in the divine nature,(B) having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.(C)
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