2 Peter 1:3–4
Peter speaks of the precious and very great promises God has granted
Study it word by word3Since his divine power has granted us all things that lead to life and godliness, through the knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and virtue,
4through which he has granted us the precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become sharers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through desire.
In its context
1Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus the Messiah, to those who have received a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus the Messiah:
2Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
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5And for this very reason, making every effort, add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge,
6and to knowledge self-control, and to self-control perseverance, and to perseverance godliness,
Its words in the original
- θείαςtheias· divine
Divine; "the divine being", the deity.
- δυνάμεωςdynameōs· power, mighty work
Power, strength, ability. In the plural, works of power: miracles.
- ζωὴνzōēn· life
Life; the true life that God gives.
- εὐσέβειανeusebeian· godliness
Godliness: the reverence and love for God that show in one's life.
- δεδωρημένηςdedōrēmenēs· grant
Grant, give as a gift.
- ἐπιγνώσεωςepignōseōs· knowledge
Knowledge: full knowledge of something or of someone, recognition.
- καλέσαντοςkalesantos· call
Call; name; invite.
- ἰδίᾳidiai· own
One's own, his own.
- δόξῃdoxēi· glory
Glory: splendor, honor, the weight of God's presence.
- ἀρετῇaretēi· virtue, excellence
Virtue, moral excellence; also excellent deeds.
- τίμιαtimia· precious, honored
Precious, valuable, costly; honored, respected.
- μέγισταmegista· very great, greatest
Very great, the greatest.
- ἐπαγγέλματαepangelmata· promise
Promise.
- γένησθεgenēsthe· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- κοινωνοὶkoinōnoi· partner, sharer
Partner, companion; one who shares in something with others.
- φύσεωςphyseōs· nature
Nature: what something is by birth or origin; "by nature", by what one is born as or by the natural order.
- ἀποφυγόντεςapophygontes· escape
Escape, flee from something.
- κόσμῳkosmōi· world
World: what God created; also humanity, and humanity living with its back turned to God.
- ἐπιθυμίᾳepithymiai· desire
Desire; also evil desire, craving.
- φθορᾶςphthoras· decay, corruption
Decay, corruption, destruction.