Tree of Life Version
2 Peter 3:18
18Instead, keep growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Yeshua the Messiah. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity! Amen.
2 Peter 3:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
- New International Version (NIV)But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- New King James Version (NKJV)but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
Context of 2 Peter 3:18
16He speaks about these matters in all of his letters. Some things in them are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist (as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures)—to their own destruction. 17Since you already know all this, loved ones, be on your guard so that you are not led astray by the error of the lawless and lose your sure footing. Instead, keep growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Yeshua the Messiah. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity! Amen.
Read all of 2 Peter 32 Peter 3:18 word by word
αὐξάνετε δὲ ἐν χάριτι καὶ γνώσει τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν καὶ σωτῆρος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς ἡμέραν αἰῶνος,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Butδέde · thenG1161
- growαὐξάνωauxanō · to growG837
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- the knowledgeγνῶσιςgnōsis · knowledgeG1108
- ofὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- ofκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- Saviourσωτήρsōtēr · saviorG4990
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
- To himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
- nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
- forεἰςeis · towardG1519
- ·ἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- everαἰώνaiōn · an age: eternityG165
- Amenἀμήνamēn · amenG281
Cross-references for 2 Peter 3:18
- Psalms 92:12My eye can gaze on those lying in wait for me. My ears hear about evildoers rising up against me.
- Hosea 14:5“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for My anger will turn away from him.
- Ephesians 4:15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all ways into Messiah, who is the Head.
- Colossians 1:10to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3We ought to always thank God for you, brothers and sisters, as is appropriate, because your faithfulness grows wonderfully, and the love of each one of you for one another continually increases.
- 1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow toward salvation—
- 2 Peter 1:3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and virtue.
- 2 Peter 2:20For if—after escaping the world’s pollutions through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah—they again become entangled in these things and are overcome, the end for them has become worse than the beginning.
- John 17:3And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Yeshua the Messiah, the One You sent.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Messiah.
- Ephesians 1:17that the God of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, our glorious Father, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in knowing Him.
- Philippians 3:8More than that, I consider all things to be loss in comparison to the surpassing value of the knowledge of Messiah Yeshua my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things; and I consider them garbage in order that I might gain Messiah
- Colossians 3:10and have put on the new self that is being renewed in knowledge, according to the image of the One who created him.
- John 5:23so that all should honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
- 2 Timothy 4:18The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and will deliver me safely into His heavenly Kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Commentaries on 2 Peter 3:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18But grow in grace - Increase in the image and favor of God; every grace and Divine influence which ye have received is a seed, a heavenly seed, which, if it be watered with the dew of heaven from above, will endlessly increase and multiply itself. He who continues to believe, love, and obey, will grow in grace, and continually increase in the knowledge of Jesus Christ, as his sacrifice, sanctifier, counsellor, preserver, and final Savior. The life of a…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18But grow in grace - Compare Colossians 1:10. Religion in general is often represented as “grace,” since every part of it is the result of grace, or of unmerited favor; and to “grow in grace” is to increase in that which constitutes true religion. Religion is as susceptible of cultivation and of growth as any other virtue of the soul. It is feeble in its beginnings, like the grain of mustard seed, or like the germ or blade of the plant, and it increases as…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-18Verses 11-18 From the doctrine of Christ's second coming, we are exhorted to purity and godliness. This is the effect of real knowledge. Very exact and universal holiness is enjoined, not resting in any low measure or degree. True Christians look for new heavens and a new earth; freed from the vanity to which things present are subject, and the sin they are polluted with. Those only who are clothed with the righteousness of Christ, and sanctified by the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18Peter repeats his purpose. He wants to protect his audience from false teachers so that they can grow in grace. He ends the letter with words of praise to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. grow--Not only do not "fall from" (2Pe 3:17), but grow onward: the true secret of not going backward. Ep 4:15, "Grow up into Him, the Head, Christ." grace and ... knowledge of ... Christ--"the grace and knowledge of Christ" [Alford rightly]: the grace of which Christ is the author, and the knowledge of which Christ is the object. for ever--Greek, "to the day of eternity": the day that has no end: "the day of the Lord," beginning with the Lord's coming.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Peter 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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