William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 1:2
1:2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you by the knowledge of God, and of Jesus, our Lord. Peter puts this in an unusual way. Grace and peace are to come from knowledge, the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Is he turning Christian experience into something dependent on knowledge? Or is there some other meaning here? First, let us look at the word which he uses for knowledge (epignosis, Greek #1922 ). It can be interpreted in two directions. (a) It can mean... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1-4
The apostle Peter, being moved by the Holy Ghost to write once more to those who from among the Jews were turned to faith in Christ, begins this second epistle with an introduction, wherein the same persons are described and the same blessings are desired that are in the preface to his former letter; but there are some additions or alterations which ought to be taken notice of, in all the three parts of the introduction. I. We have here a description of the person who wrote the epistle, by the... read more