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2 Peter 1:3 Note
Peter was saying that everything we need comes through
knowledge. That’s because Jesus has already given us everything we could ever
need when we became born again (John 1:16 and Colossians 2:9-10). We don’t need
to get something new. We just need a revelation of what we already have in
Christ (Philemon 1:6). Faith is already present (Galatians 5:22-23). We just
need to learn how to use what we have.
Prosperity is already given; we just need to learn the laws that govern God’s
prosperity and cooperate with them. Healing has already been deposited on the
inside of us (1 Peter 2:24). We have the same power that raised Jesus from the
dead (Ephesians 1:20). We don’t need any more power. We just have to acknowledge
what we have (Philemon 1:6) and learn how to use it.
The Amplified Bible translation of this verse says, “For His divine power has
bestowed on us [absolutely] everything necessary for [a dynamic spiritual] life
and godliness, through true and personal knowledge of Him who called us by His
own glory and excellence.”
a [divine] Greek: theios (GSN-<G2304>), that which belongs to the Godhead. Here;
2Pet. 1:4; Acts 17:29.
b [power] Greek: dunamis (GSN-<G1411>), inherent power; power to reproduce
itself, like a dynamo. Translated "power" 75 times (2Pet. 1:3,16; Mt. 6:13;
22:29; 24:29-30; 26:64; Mk. 9:1; 12:24; 13:25-26; 14:62; Lk. 1:17,35; 4:14,36;
5:17; 9:1; 10:19; 21:26,27; 22:69; 24:49; Acts 1:8; 3:12; 4:7,33; 6:8; 8:10;
10:38; Rom. 1:4,16,20; 8:38; 9:17; 15:13,19; 1Cor. 1:18,24; 2:4-5; 4:19-20; 5:4;
6:14; 15:24,43; 2Cor. 4:7; 6:7; 8:3; 12:9; 13:4; Eph. 1:19; 3:7,20; Php. 3:10;
1Th. 1:5; 2Th. 1:11; 2:9; 1Tim. 1:7-8; 3:5; Heb. 1:3; 6:5; 7:16; 1Pet. 1:5;
3:22; Rev. 4:11; 5:12; 7:12; 11:17; 13:2; 15:8; 17:13; 19:1); "ability" (Mt.
25:15); "strength" (1Cor. 15:56; 2Cor. 1:8; 12:9; Heb. 11:11; Rev. 1:16; 3:8;
12:10); "might" (Eph. 1:21; 3:16; Col. 1:11; 2Pet. 2:11); "mighty" (Rom. 15:19;
2Th. 1:7); "mightily" (Col. 1:29); "mighty work" (Mt. 11:20,21,23; 13:54,58;
14:2; Mk. 6:2,5,14; Lk. 10:13; 19:37); "mighty deed" (2Cor. 12:12); "wonderful
work" (Mt. 7:22); "miracle" (Mk. 9:39; Acts 2:22; 8:13; 19:11; 1Cor. 12:10,28;
Gal. 3:5; Heb. 2:4 "worker of miracles" (1Cor. 12:29); "abundance" (Rev. 18:3);
"violence" (Heb. 11:34); "virtue" (Mk. 5:30; Lk. 6:19; 8:46); and "meaning"
(1Cor. 14:11).
c [all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him
that hath called us] This divine power is capable of giving one all things of
life and godliness through the proper knowledge.
d [to glory and virtue] The object of Christian calling.