The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:3-4
The bounty of God. The lot of the primitive Christians whom the apostles addressed in their spoken and written utterances must, for the most part, have appeared to ordinary observers far from desirable. Not only were they drawn from the lowly and unconsidered classes of society, but they often had much to endure as a consequence of their reception of the gospel and their fidelity to Christ. Especially did they meet with the contempt of the great, on account of their adhesion to what the... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:3
According as his Divine power; better, seeing that, as in the Revised Version. The construction is the genitive absolute with ὡς . The words are to be closely connected with 2 Peter 1:2 : "We need not fear, for God has given us all things that are necessary for our salvation; grace and peace will be multiplied unto us, if only we seek the knowledge of God." This is better than, with Huther and others, to make a full stop after 2 Peter 1:2 , and to connect 2 Peter 1:3 and 2 Peter... read more