Through the knowledge of God; or acknowledgment, i.e. faith, whereby we are made partakers of all the saving graces of the Spirit; and whereby being justified, we are at peace with God, Romans 5:1. And of Jesus our Lord; there being no saving knowledge of God, or faith in him, but by Christ.
2 PETER 1:2 tou/ qeou/ kai. VIhsou/ tou/ kuri,ou h`mw/n {A} Amid the variety of readings here, the Committee chose what it regarded as the earliest and the origin of the other readings. The absence o...
Verse 2 Peter 1:2. _GRACE_] God's favour; _peace_-the effects of that favour in the communication of spiritual and temporal blessings. _THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD_] ενεπιγνωσει. _By the_ _acknowle...
GRACE AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED UNTO YOU THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, AND OF JESUS OUR LORD - That is, grace and peace abound to us, or may be expected to be conferred on us abundantly, if we have a tr...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE GRACIOUS PROVISIONS OF GOD CHAPTER 1 _ 1. God's gracious provisions in Christ (2 Peter 1:1)_ 2. The development of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:5) 3. The promises o...
The author writes to those who possess a faith not less honourable (precious) than that of the apostles themselves, since they, too, possess all things pertaining to life and godliness. But effort on...
THE MAN WHO OPENED DOORS (2 Peter 1:1) _ 1:1 Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, writes this letter to those to whom there has been allotted a faith equal in honour and privilege wit...
GRACE. App-184. MULTIPLIED. Compare 1 Peter 1:2 and Jude 1:2. UNTO. to. KNOWLEDGE. App-132. JESUS. App-98. LORD. App-98....
_Grace and peace be multiplied unto you_ Here the writer falls into the phraseology of the First Epistle (see note on 1 Peter 1:2), but adds to the simple benediction the words "through (better IN) th...
ΧΆΡΙΣ ὙΜΙ͂Ν ΚΑῚ ΕἸΡΉΝΗ ΠΛΗΘΥΝΘΕΊΗ. Identical with the salutation in 1 Peter 1:2. χάρις and εἰρήνη without the verb are the rule in the Pauline salutations. See on Jude 1:1. Jude has the verb but diffe...
ΠΛΗΘΥΝΘΕΊΗ _aor._ opt. _pass. от_ ΠΛΗΘΎΝΩ (G4129) умножать, увеличивать; _pass._ умножаться, расти, увеличиваться; здесь: "да умножится вам благодать и мир еще больше" (BAGD). Opt. используется для вы...
DISCOURSE: 2416 PETER’S SALUTATION TO THE SAINTS 2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter, a servant and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness...
THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD— _By the acknowledgment of God._ Doddridge. The word Επιγνωσις, doubtless, sometimes signifies _acknowledgment;_ but as it signifies _knowledge_ in the next verse, and in...
I. INTRODUCTION AND GREETING 2 Peter 1:1-2 CHAPTER I 2 Peter 1:1-2 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness o...
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, GRACE AND PEACE - (1 Peter 1:2.) THROUGH, [ en (G1722)] - 'in:' the sphere IN which alone grace and peace...
VERSE 2. GRACE AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED. Paul quite frequently used this benediction. May these graces increase. THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM. Knowledge of God. The more we know of his word the more...
1 The introduction of the name Simeon, before Peter, and slave in addition to apostle, gives us a clue to the character of this second epistle. The emphasis is laid on practice rather than precept. It...
1:2 knowledge (i-10) _ Epignosis_ , 'full knowledge,' 'personal recognition,' as Colossians 1:9 ....
GREEETING. THANKSGIVING. EXHORTATION TO PROGEESS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM ONE WHO REMEMBERS JESUS CHRIST 2 Peter 1 may be subdivided into two parts: (_a_) 2 Peter 1:1, greeting followed by a declaration...
JESUS WILL RETURN PETER’S SECOND LETTER _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ ABOUT THIS LETTER THE WRITER Peter wrote this letter. His name used to be Simon, but Jesus changed it to Peter (John 1:42...
Peter wanted his readers to have more *grace and peace from God. ‘*Grace’ and ‘peace’ were the usual Christian greetings in a letter. Peter prayed for the same things in 1 Peter 1:2. Paul always praye...
GRACE AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED UNTO YOU. — Identical with the last clause of 1 Peter 1:2, and with no other greeting in any Epistle. What follows here is peculiar to this Epistle, which begins and ends...
CHAPTER 19 THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PETER THE SAVING KNOWLEDGE OF GOD 2 Peter 1:1 IN the salutation of this second letter the Apostle describes himself in fuller form than in the first: "Simon Peter,...
_The Greeting_. “Simeon Peter, slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith of equal honour with our own, through the justice of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Grace and pe...
χάρις … πληθυνθείη.: the same form of salutation as in 1 Peter 1:2. ἐν ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν. (For history of ἐπίγνωσις see Mayor's note, pp. 171 ff.; Robinson's _Excursus_ in _Ephesians_.) ἐπίγνω...
THE RULE OF CHRISTIAN GROWTH 2 Peter 1:1/p> The keynote of this paragraph is _these things_, 2 Peter 1:8. _Precious faith_, 2 Peter 1:1, answers to _precious promises_,...
This Epistle was addressed to the same persons as was the first. Its purpose was to strengthen them in view of dangers threatening them within the Church. The apostle addressed them as having 'like pr...
GROWING IN GRACE AND PEACE IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST As in the first letter (1:2), Peter prays that they may have the great blessings of God's unmerited favor and the peace which it supplies. Grace...
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you (2) through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, (2) Faith is the acknowledging of God and Christ, from which all our blessedness issues and flows....
"Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, (3) According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, throu...
In the second Epistle of Peter (and here I must be brief, because of the hour; and I may be brief because Jude will afford us a further consideration of it) we have the same substantial truth of God's...
2._Grace and peace. _By grace is designated God’s paternal favor towards us. We have indeed been once for all reconciled to God by the death of Christ, and by faith we come to the possession of this s...
The Second Epistle of Peter is even more simple than the First. Like those of Jude and John, it is written essentially with a view to the seducers, who, with large promises of liberty, beguiled souls...
GRACE AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED UNTO YOU,.... By a multiplication of grace may be meant a larger discovery of the love and favour of God; which though it admits of no degrees in itself, being never more...
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, Ver. 2. _Through the knowledge_] There is not a new notion, or a further enlargement of saving knowledge, b...
GRACE AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED UNTO YOU THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS, OUR LORD. The writer here introduces himself with great solemnity: Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,...
ADDRESS AND SALUTATION....
Peter writes not only as an apostle (as in his first epistle), but as a bondman and apostle. So authority is not only stressed, but lowliness of subjection, a precious reminder in days of deter-mined...
_ 2 Peter 1:2 ‘Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;'_ ‘IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD' -‘Knowledge'-‘precise and correct knowledge' (Thayer p. 237). ‘EPIGNOSIS...
1-11 Faith unites the weak believer to Christ, as really as it does the strong one, and purifies the heart of one as truly as of another; and every sincere believer is by his faith justified in the s...
2 Peter 1:2 Grace G5485 and G2532 peace G1515 multiplied G4129 (G5684) you G5213 in G1722 knowledge G1922 God...
‘Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,' The combined greetings of ‘grace' (a Greek greeting) and ‘peace' (a Jewish greeting) again reflect the unity of Go...
THE INITIAL THEME OF 2 PETER. The initial theme of 2 Peter is found in 2 Peter 1:1. It is that our God and Saviour Jesus Christ has come into the world, and that thereby: · He has called us _by His...
2 Peter 1:2. GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED. So far the opening benediction is exactly the same as in 1 Peter 1:2; see note there. IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS OUR LORD. This addition t...
There is a marked difference between the opening of this Second Epistle and that of the First. The one inscription, indeed, is not less remarkable than the other for wealth of thought and tenderness o...
BE MULTIPLIED (πληθυνθειη). First aorist passive optative of πληθυνω in a wish for the future (volitive use) as in 1 Peter 1:2; Judges 1:2.IN THE KNOWLEDGE (εν επιγνωσε). Full (additional, επ) kno...
GRACE Grace (imparted). (Romans 6:1); (2 Peter 3:18)....
2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, Peter was pleased to be able to write those words._ There was a time when he had thrice denied his Master, but now he is glad to c...
2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:_ Peter here...
CONTENTS: The great Christian virtues. God's Word exalted. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Peter. CONCLUSION: The Christian should be diligent to add one Christian grace to another that he may bring glory...
2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter,_ the Greek is Symeon, as in two other places of the Greek text. _To them that have obtained like precious faith,_ the christians of every name. _Through the righteousness of...
MAY GRACE AND PEACE. This is God's blessing through Christ to all who believe. THROUGH YOUR KNOWLEDGE. See John 8:32 and note....
2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:2 In his initial blessing of his readers, Peter mentions a common theme in the letter: true KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS. This verse also points to the deity of Christ (see...
2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:1 Initial Greeting. Peter’s greeting is short and to the point. He identifies himself and his audience, and offers a blessing. ⇐
INSPIRATION TO CHRISTIAN GROWTH _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 2 Peter 1:1. SIMON.—The Greek MSS. give Symeon; see Acts 15:14. A SERVANT AND AN APOSTLE—Compare 1 Peter 1:1, “an apostle,” and Jude...
EXPOSITION 2 PETER 1:1 SIMON PETER. "Symeon" seems to be the best-supported spelling in this place. The same form of the name is found in Luke 2:25 and Acts 13:1; it also occurs in...
Second Peter. Simon Peter (2 Peter 1:1), The name Simon, of course, was the given name. Peter is the name that Jesus gave to him. He is, a bondslave and an apostle (2 Peter 1:1) It seems that bond...
1 John 5:20; 1 John 5:21; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Peter 3:18
In the knowledge [ε ν ε π ι γ ν ω σ ε ι]. The compound expressing full knowledge, and so common in Paul's writings. Our Lord [κ υ ρ ι ο υ η μ ω ν]. The word Lord in the second epistle is always used...
EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES 2 Peter 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is not the fact of exceeding great and precious promises which primarily concerns me; it is my entering into a personal realiz...
A CALL TO GREATER THINGS 2 Peter 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The author of the Epistle. It is most refreshing and certainly inspiring to open the Bible and find an Epistle which is indited by the Hol...
Through the divine, experimental knowledge of God and of Christ....
The person saluting, and the parties saluted, were mentioned in the former verse; here we have the salutation itself, 1. The matter of it, GRACE AND PEACE; grace to free us from God's wrath, and reins...