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2 Peter 1:2-3
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
2 Peter 1:2-3
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
2 May grace (God’s favor) and peace (which is [a]perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and [b]freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full, personal, [c]precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
3 For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [[d]full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue).
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- 2 Peter 1:2 Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Holy Bible.
- 2 Peter 1:2 Webster’s New International Dictionary offers this as a definition of “peace.”
- 2 Peter 1:2 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
- 2 Peter 1:3 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament.
2 Peter 1:2-3
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2 Peter 1:2-3
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2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance(A) through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.(B)
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3 His divine power(C) has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him(D) who called us(E) by his own glory and goodness.
Ephesians 1:16-17
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Ephesians 1:16-17
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers.
17 [For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,
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Ephesians 1:16-17
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Ephesians 1:16-17
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16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you,(A) remembering you in my prayers.(B) 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father,(C) may give you the Spirit[a] of wisdom(D) and revelation, so that you may know him better.
Footnotes
- Ephesians 1:17 Or a spirit
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