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The Power of God's Promises
Commentators stress that God's promises are not mere comforting words but are described as "exceeding great and precious" tools for transformation. These promises—of salvation, Christ's return, and the new covenant—are the very means through which God grants us strength, purifies our lives, and secures our hope for eternity.
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2 Peter
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Peter 1:4
18th Century
Theologian
Whereby. di wn. "Through which"—in the plural number, referring either to the glory and virtue in the previous verse, me…
AT Robertson
On 2 Peter 1:4
Whereby (δι' ων). Probably the "glory and virtue" just mentioned, though it is possible to take it with παντα τα προς, etc., or wi…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Peter 1:4
19th Century
Bishop
Whereby.—By God’s “glory and virtue;” not by “all things that pertain to life and godliness,” although the latter is possible, and…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Peter 1:2–5
19th Century
Preacher
Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as His divine power has given to us all thi…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Peter 1:4
“Through these” refers to God’s “glory and goodness” or more generally to his salvation mediated through the Incarnation. So when Jesus Christ came…
John Calvin
On 2 Peter 1:4
16th Century
Theologian
Whereby are given to us. It is doubtful whether he refers only to glory and power, or to the preceding things also. The whole difficulty a…
John Gill
On 2 Peter 1:4
17th Century
Pastor
Whereby are given unto us
Or "by which", that is, glory and virtue; by the glorious power of Christ, or by the glori…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Peter 1:1–11
17th Century
Minister
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…