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seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;
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God's Provision is Complete
Commentators unanimously affirm that through Christ's divine power, God has already provided believers with everything necessary for spiritual life and godliness. This provision is complete and sufficient. As one scholar puts it, 'nothing that is required is withheld from us.' This means you don't have to generate your own spiritual resources, but can rely on what God has freely supplied.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
According as his divine power has given to us. All the effects of the gospel on the human heart are, in the Scriptures, traced to the …
Seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us (ως ημιν της θειας δυναμεως αυτου δεδωρημενης). Genitive absolute with the causa…
19th Century
Anglican
According as.—Better, seeing that. This must not be made to depend on 2 Peter 1:2. In the canonical Epistles,…
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Baptist
According as his divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us to…
The grammar of this verse connects it more closely with v.2 than the NIV indicates; it shows the way in which the multiplication of the knowledge o…
16th Century
Protestant
According as his divine power. He refers to the infinite goodness of God which they had already experienced, so that they might more fully…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
According as his divine power Meaning either the power of God the Father, to whom belong eternal power and Godhead; …
Faith unites the weak believer to Christ as really as it does the strong one, and purifies the heart of one as truly as of another; and every since…
