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2 Peter 1:3
New International Version
2 Peter 1:3
New International Version
Confirming One’s Calling and Election
3 His divine power(A) has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him(B) who called us(C) by his own glory and goodness.
2 Peter 1:3
New American Standard Bible
2 Peter 1:3
New American Standard Bible
3 for His (A)divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true (B)knowledge of Him who (C)called us [a]by His own glory and [b]excellence.
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- 2 Peter 1:3 Or virtue
2 Peter 1:3-4
The Message
2 Peter 1:3-4
The Message
Don’t Put It Off
3-4 Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received! We were also given absolutely terrific promises to pass on to you—your tickets to participation in the life of God after you turned your back on a world corrupted by lust.
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2 Peter 1:3
New Living Translation
2 Peter 1:3
New Living Translation
Growing in Faith
3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.
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2 Peter 1:3
King James Version
2 Peter 1:3
King James Version
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
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