And how are they multiplied? The more you know God, the more you know Jesus Christ, the more you experience and are blessed by the grace of God and as the result, experience the peace of God. But here Peter is praying really that they be multiplied. Grace and peace be multiplied through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord ( 2 Peter 1:2 ), He is writing to those who have received "like precious faith" and that word "precious" again big, old, rough, tough Peter and yet this word seems to be one of his favorite words. So Peter identifies himself as the writer. Of Jesus Christ, writing to those that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ ( 2 Peter 1:1 ): It seems that bondslave was first, apostle second.
He is,Ī bondslave and an apostle ( 2 Peter 1:1 ) Peter is the name that Jesus gave to him. The name Simon, of course, was the given name. The Son will reveal him.” ( Matthew 11:27) “No one knoweth the Father but the Son, and he to whom He connects together at the same time the knowledge of God and of Christ because God cannot be rightly known except in Christ, according to that saying,
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Whosoever then aspires to the full fruition of the blessed life which is mentioned by Peter, must remember to observe the right way. For the more any one advances in the knowledge of God, every kind of blessing increases also equally with the sense of divine love. I am, however, more disposed to adopt the former. Through the knowledge, literally, in the knowledge but the preposition ἐν often means “through” or “with:” yet both senses may suit the context. Peace is added for as the beginning of our happiness is when God receives us into favor so the more he confirms his love in our hearts, the richer blessing he confers on us, so that we become happy and prosperous in all things, We have indeed been once for all reconciled to God by the death of Christ, and by faith we come to the possession of this so great a benefit but as we perceive the grace of God according to the measure of our faith, it is said to increase according to our perception when it becomes more fully known to us. By grace is designated God’s paternal favor towards us. VIII (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1959), p. Alfred Plummer, Ellicott's Commentary on the Holy Bible, Vol. Peter's introduction of the subject of this accurate and complete knowledge here at the very outset "anticipates the attack that is coming upon the godless speculations of the false teachers in chapter 2." Some scholars once thought that Peter's attack against the false knowledge of the Gnostics required a hate dating of the letter but it is now known that the types of gnosticism refuted by Peter were prevalent in apostolic times, and that there is no reason whatever for dating the epistle outside the lifetime of its author. This is the knowledge that rests on fact, that comes to the believer as something supernatural, as being communicated by the Spirit of God, and therefore is true and complete. This is that special kind of knowledge noted in the chapter heading. These words are similar, in fact, identical with the greeting used by Paul, upon which frequent comments have been made throughout this series. Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord He expects that very soon he will face the execution that Jesus spoke of more than thirty years earlier (13-15 cf John 21:18-19). By sending this letter to them now, he is making sure that they will have a constant reminder after he has gone.
Peter knows that he must continually remind Christians of their responsibilities, for even the mature can become lazy (12). By developing the truly Christian character, believers receive added assurance that they belong to God now and will enjoy his presence in the coming eternal kingdom (10-11). Those who eagerly seek these qualities will be useful for God, but those who neglect them are in danger of falling again under the power of sin from which they have been saved (8-9). As they know more of God and his ways, they will love others more (5-7). True Christians will want to increase in the knowledge of God, and this will teach them self-control and endurance, leading to godliness. Faith that is genuine will produce lives of moral goodness, but only if believers apply some determination and effort. God’s promises are the assurance of his help in reaching this goal (3-4). The lives of believers must be in keeping with the life of God that has been given them. He has also given them everything they need to live lives of holiness in a world that is corrupt through uncontrolled passions. In his righteousness, God has given all Christians, from elderly apostles to new converts, equal blessing through the gospel (1:1-2).
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