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George Lamsa Translation

2 Peter 1:2

Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of our LORD Jesus Christ,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Benedictions;   Blessing;   Grace of God;   Holiness;   Sanctification;   Wisdom;   Scofield Reference Index - Grace;   World-System;   The Topic Concordance - Blindness;   Calling;   Charity;   Giving and Gifts;   Godliness;   Kindness;   Kingdom of God;   Knowledge;   Partaking;   Patience;   Stumbling/slipping;   Temperance;   Ungodliness;   Virtue;   Witness;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Obedience;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Peter, the Epistles of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Grace;   2 Peter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Peter, Second Epistle of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Peace;   Peace (2);   Perseverance;   Pre-Eminence ;   Regeneration;   Virtue;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 48 To Know, Perceive, Understand;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Judah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Peter, Second Epistle of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Greeting;   Peter, Simon;   Peter, the Second Epistle of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 24;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
May grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
King James Version (1611)
Grace and peace be multiplied vnto you through the knowledge of God, and of Iesus our Lord,
King James Version
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
English Standard Version
May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
New American Standard Bible
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
New Century Version
Grace and peace be given to you more and more, because you truly know God and Jesus our Lord.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
Berean Standard Bible
Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Contemporary English Version
I pray that God will be kind to you and will let you live in perfect peace! May you keep learning more and more about God and our Lord Jesus.
Complete Jewish Bible
May grace and shalom be yours in full measure, as you come to a full knowledge of God and Yeshua our Lord.
Darby Translation
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in [the] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Easy-to-Read Version
Grace and peace be given to you more and more, because now you know God and Jesus our Lord.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Grace and peace be multiplied to you, through the acknowledging of God, and of Iesus our Lord,
Good News Translation
May grace and peace be yours in full measure through your knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Lexham English Bible
May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
Literal Translation
Grace to you, and peace be multiplied by a full knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.
Amplified Bible
Grace and peace [that special sense of spiritual well-being] be multiplied to you in the [true, intimate] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
American Standard Version
Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
Bible in Basic English
May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
Hebrew Names Version
Grace to you and shalom be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Yeshua our Lord,
International Standard Version
May grace and peace be yours in abundance through the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!Daniel 4:1; 6:25; 1 Peter 1:2; Jude 1:2;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
Murdock Translation
May grace and peace abound to you through the recognition of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Grace and peace be multiplied vnto you, through the knowledge of God, and of Iesus our Lorde:
English Revised Version
Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
World English Bible
Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you, thro' the knowledge of God, and of Jesus, our Lord;
Weymouth's New Testament
May more and more grace and peace be granted to you in a full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
grace and pees be fillid to you, bi the knowing of oure Lord Jhesu Crist.
Update Bible Version
Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord;
Webster's Bible Translation
Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
New English Translation
May grace and peace be lavished on you as you grow in the rich knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!
New King James Version
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
New Living Translation
May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord.
New Life Bible
May you have more and more of His loving-favor and peace as you come to know God and our Lord Jesus Christ better.
New Revised Standard
May grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Favour unto you, and peace, be multiplied, in the personal knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; -
Douay-Rheims Bible
Grace to you and peace be accomplished in the knowledge of God and of Christ Jesus our Lord.
Revised Standard Version
May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Grace with you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Iesus oure Lorde.
Young's Literal Translation
Grace to you, and peace be multiplied in the acknowledgement of God and of Jesus our Lord!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Grace and peace be multiplied with you thorow the knowlege of God and of Iesus Christ oure LORDE.
Mace New Testament (1729)
may the divine favour and felicity be poured upon you, by the knowledge of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Here's hopin' God is going to dole out more and more grace and peace on ya as you grow through ridin' for his brand.

Contextual Overview

1 SIMON Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our LORD and Saviour Jesus Christ have been made equal with us in the precious faith; 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of our LORD Jesus Christ, 3 Who has given us all things that pertain to the power of God, for life and worship of God, through the knowledge of him who has called us by his glory and excellence; 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Grace: Numbers 6:24-26, Daniel 4:1, Daniel 6:25, Romans 1:7, 1 Peter 1:2, Jude 1:2, Revelation 1:4

the knowledge: 2 Peter 3:18, Isaiah 53:11, Luke 10:22, John 17:3, 2 Corinthians 4:6, 1 John 5:20, 1 John 5:21

Reciprocal: Numbers 6:23 - General John 15:5 - same Colossians 1:2 - Grace Colossians 1:10 - increasing 2 Peter 1:3 - through 2 Peter 1:5 - knowledge 2 Peter 1:8 - in 2 Peter 2:20 - through

Cross-References

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth vegetation, the herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree hearing fruit, wherein is its seed, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:14
Then God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.
Job 26:7
He stretches out the north from the empty place, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
Job 26:14
Lo, these are merely parts of his ways; and what evil thing have we heard against him? And the greatness of his might who can understand?
Psalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Isaiah 45:18
For thus says the LORD who created the heavens (he is the God who formed the earth and made it; he has established it; he did not create it in vain, but that his creation might dwell in it): I am the LORD; and there is none else.
Nahum 2:10
She is trampled upon, she is overthrown and breached; the heart faints and the knees tremble and pain is in all loins, and all of them are greatly ashamed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 or less in God's heart, yet, as to the manifestations of it, it is different, and capable of being increased, and drawn out to a greater length; or else an increase of the internal graces of the Spirit of God, as to the actings and exercise of them; or a larger measure of the gifts of the Spirit, for greater usefulness among them; or a clearer view, and a more enlarged knowledge of the Gospel of the grace of God, and the truths of it; and indeed, the word grace may take in all these senses: and by a multiplication of peace, which the apostle in this salutation also wishes for, may be designed an affluence of all kind of prosperity, temporal, and spiritual, external and internal; and more especially an increase of spiritual peace, a fulness of joy and peace in believing, arising from a sense of free justification by Christ's righteousness, and full pardon and atonement by his blood and sacrifice:

through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord; which is to be understood, not of a natural, but of a spiritual and evangelical knowledge; of a knowledge of God, not as the God of nature and providence, but as the God of all grace, as in Christ, and a covenant God in him, and of the person, offices, and grace of Christ; and which designs true faith in him, by which means larger discoveries of the grace of God are made, and a greater enjoyment of spiritual peace is had: or it may be rendered, "with the knowledge of God", c. and the sense then is, that the apostle prays, as for a multiplication of grace and peace, so along with it, an increase of spiritual and evangelical knowledge which in the best is imperfect, but may be increased by the blessing of God on those means which he has appointed for that end, such as the word and ordinances. The Syriac version renders this clause, "through the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ", leaving out the word "God", and the copulative "and", and adding the word "Christ"; and the Ethiopic version reads, "in the knowledge of our God, Christ Jesus our Lord", without any distinction. After the inscription and salutation begins the epistle, with an account of various special favours bestowed upon these persons; and are mentioned by the apostle to encourage his faith and theirs, in expectation of enjoying what he here wishes unto them, since already such great and good things had been bestowed upon them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 true knowledge of God and of the Saviour. Such a knowledge constitutes true religion: for in that we find “grace” - the grace that pardons and sanctifies; and “peace” - peace of conscience, reconciliation with God, and calmness in the trials of life. See the notes at John 17:3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 acknowledging of God, and of Jesus our Lord. For those who acknowledge him in all their ways, he will direct their steps. Those who know Christ; and do not acknowledge him before men, can get no multiplication of grace and peace.


 
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