2 Peter 1:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Are given

Ye might

General references

Psalm 56:10

Luke 1:75

Bible References

Are given

Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.

For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.

Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "And to offsprings," referring to many, but referring to one, "And to your offspring," who is Christ.

But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.

Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

And this is the promise that he made to us--eternal life.

Ye might

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.

For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

General references

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.