2 Peter 1:2 NIV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1-15

1:1-21 GOD’S POWER AT WORK IN BELIEVERSThe truly Christian character (1:1-15)In his righteousness, God has given all Christians, from elderly apostles to new converts, equal blessing through the gospel (1:1-2). He has also given them everything they need to live lives of holiness in a world that is corrupt through uncontrolled passions. The lives of believers must be in keeping with the life of God that has been given them. God’s promises are the assurance of his help in reaching this goal... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Peter 1:2

Grace . App-184 . multiplied . Compare 1 Peter 1:2 and Jude 1:2 . unto = to. knowledge . App-132 . Jesus . App-98 . Lord . App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Peter 1:2

Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;Grace to you and peace ... These words are similar, in fact, identical with the greeting used by Paul, upon which frequent comments have been made throughout this series.In the knowledge of God ... This is that special kind of knowledge noted in the chapter heading. Concerning it, Moorehead said:This is the knowledge that rests on fact, that comes to the believer as something supernatural, as being communicated... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Peter 1:2

2 Peter 1:2. 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 many other texts of the New Testament, it seems most proper so to understand it here. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 1:2

2. Grace . . . peace— ( :-). through—Greek, "in": the sphere IN which alone grace and peace can be multiplied. knowledge—Greek, "full knowledge." of God, and of Jesus our Lord—The Father is here meant by "God," but the Son in 2 Peter 1:1: marking how entirely one the Father and Son are (2 Peter 1:1- :). The Vulgate omits "of God and"; but oldest manuscripts support the words. Still the prominent object of Peter's exhortation is "the knowledge of Jesus our Lord" (a phrase only in Romans 4:24),... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Peter 1:1-2

I. INTRODUCTION 1:1-2Peter began his second epistle as he did to introduce himself to his readers and to lay a foundation for what follows. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Peter 1:2

The first half of Peter’s benediction on his readers is identical with the one he gave in his first epistle (1 Peter 1:2). Grace and peace were the typical greetings the Greeks and Jews used respectively. This probably suggests that Peter wrote this epistle to a mixed audience of Christians, as he did his former letter. Both grace and peace come to us through the full knowledge (Gr. epignosei) of God and of Jesus (again equal, cf. 2 Peter 1:1). The Greeks, and especially the Gnostics, prided... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 2 Peter 1:2

1:2 knowledge (i-10) Epignosis , 'full knowledge,' 'personal recognition,' as Colossians 1:9 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 1:1-21

Greeeting. Thanksgiving. Exhortation to Progeess in Righteousness from One Who Remembers Jesus Christ2 Peter 1 may be subdivided into two parts: (a) 2 Peter 1:1-11, greeting followed by a declaration of the glory and virtue of the Christian life, which is a life of continual growth and progress, and requires diligent effort in those who would lead it; (b) 2 Peter 1:12-21, declaration of the Apostle’s care and authority to provide for his readers’ remembrance of these truths—he, who saw the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Peter 1:2

(2) 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 with grace and knowledge. (Comp. 2 Peter 3:18.)Through the knowledge.—Better, as before, in. The preposition indicates the sphere or element in which the action takes place, or the aspect in which it is contemplated. Tyndale and the Rhemish version have “in.”“ Knowledge” is not quite strong... read more