New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Peter 1:3-7

3for His 1divineG2304 powerG1411 has grantedG1433 to us everythingG3956 pertainingG4314 to lifeG2222 and godlinessG2150, throughG1223 the trueG1922 2knowledgeG1922 of Him who 3calledG2564 us 4by His ownG2398 gloryG1391 and 5excellenceG703.

4Through 6theseG3739 He has grantedG1433 to us His preciousG5093 and magnificentG3176 7promisesG1862, soG2443 thatG2443 by them you may becomeG1096 8partakersG2844 of the divineG2304 natureG5449, having 9escapedG668 the 10corruptionG5356 that is in 11the worldG2889 onG1722 accountG1722 ofG1722 lustG1939.

5NowG1161 for thisG3778 veryG846 reason alsoG2532, applyingG3923 allG3956 diligenceG4710, in your faithG4102 12supplyG2023 13moralG703 14excellenceG703, and in your moralG703 excellenceG703, 15knowledgeG1108,

6and in your knowledgeG1108, 16self-controlG1466, and in your self-controlG1466, 17perseveranceG5281, and in your perseveranceG5281, 18godlinessG2150,

7and in your godlinessG2150, 19brotherlyG5360 kindnessG5360, and in your brotherlyG5360 kindnessG5360, loveG26.

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Notes

1. 2 Peter 1:3 1 Pet 1:5 ↩
2. 2 Peter 1:3 John 17:3; Phil 3:8; 2 Pet 1:2, 8; 2:20; 3:18 ↩
3. 2 Peter 1:3 1 Thess 2:12; 2 Thess 2:14; 1 Pet 5:10 ↩
4. 2 Peter 1:3 Or to ↩
5. 2 Peter 1:3 Or virtue ↩
6. 2 Peter 1:4 Lit which ↩
7. 2 Peter 1:4 2 Pet 3:9, 13 ↩
8. 2 Peter 1:4 Eph 4:13, 24; Heb 12:10; 1 John 3:2 ↩
9. 2 Peter 1:4 2 Pet 2:18, 20 ↩
10. 2 Peter 1:4 2 Pet 2:19 ↩
11. 2 Peter 1:4 James 1:27 ↩
12. 2 Peter 1:5 2 Pet 1:11 ↩
13. 2 Peter 1:5 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
14. 2 Peter 1:5 Or virtue ↩
15. 2 Peter 1:5 Col 2:3; 2 Pet 1:2 ↩
16. 2 Peter 1:6 Acts 24:25 ↩
17. 2 Peter 1:6 Luke 21:19 ↩
18. 2 Peter 1:6 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
19. 2 Peter 1:7 Rom 12:10; 1 Pet 1:22 ↩

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