2 Peter 1:2
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- Adam Clarke
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
- John Gill
Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Grace - God's favor; peace - the effects of that favor in the communication of spiritual and temporal blessings. Through the knowledge of God - Εν επιγνωσει· By the acknowledging of God, and of Jesus our Lord. For those who acknowledge him in all their ways, he will direct their steps. Those who know Christ; and do not acknowledge him before men, can get no multiplication of grace and peace.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
Grace . . . peace-- (Pe1 1:2). through--Greek, "in": the sphere IN which alone grace and peace can be multiplied. knowledge--Greek, "full knowledge." of God, and of Jesus our Lord--The Father is here meant by "God," but the Son in Pe2 1:1 : marking how entirely one the Father and Son are (Joh 14:7-11). The Vulgate omits "of God and"; but oldest manuscripts support the words. Still the prominent object of Peter's exhortation is "the knowledge of Jesus our Lord" (a phrase only in Rom 4:24), and, only secondarily, of the Father through Him (Pe2 1:8; Pe2 2:20; Pe2 3:18).
John Gill Bible Commentary
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you,.... By a multiplication of grace may be meant a larger discovery of the love and favour of God; which though it admits of no degrees in itself, being never more or less in God's heart, yet, as to the manifestations of it, it is different, and capable of being increased, and drawn out to a greater length; or else an increase of the internal graces of the Spirit of God, as to the actings and exercise of them; or a larger measure of the gifts of the Spirit, for greater usefulness among them; or a clearer view, and a more enlarged knowledge of the Gospel of the grace of God, and the truths of it; and indeed, the word grace may take in all these senses: and by a multiplication of peace, which the apostle in this salutation also wishes for, may be designed an affluence of all kind of prosperity, temporal, and spiritual, external and internal; and more especially an increase of spiritual peace, a fulness of joy and peace in believing, arising from a sense of free justification by Christ's righteousness, and full pardon and atonement by his blood and sacrifice: through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord; which is to be understood, not of a natural, but of a spiritual and evangelical knowledge; of a knowledge of God, not as the God of nature and providence, but as the God of all grace, as in Christ, and a covenant God in him, and of the person, offices, and grace of Christ; and which designs true faith in him, by which means larger discoveries of the grace of God are made, and a greater enjoyment of spiritual peace is had: or it may be rendered, "with the knowledge of God", &c. and the sense then is, that the apostle prays, as for a multiplication of grace and peace, so along with it, an increase of spiritual and evangelical knowledge; which in the best is imperfect, but may be increased by the blessing of God on those means which he has appointed for that end, such as the word and ordinances. The Syriac version renders this clause, "through the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ", leaving out the word "God", and the copulative "and", and adding the word "Christ"; and the Ethiopic version reads, "in the knowledge of our God, Christ Jesus our Lord", without any distinction. After the inscription and salutation begins the epistle, with an account of various special favours bestowed upon these persons; and are mentioned by the apostle to encourage his faith and theirs, in expectation of enjoying what he here wishes unto them, since already such great and good things had been bestowed upon them.
2 Peter 1:2
A Greeting from Peter
1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:2Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
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Grace for Knowing God
By Bob Hoekstra1.7K1:02:47JHN 6:57JHN 14:10JHN 17:3GAL 2:20GAL 6:15EPH 1:7EPH 2:13PHP 3:8COL 1:272PE 1:22PE 3:18This sermon focuses on the theme of Grace for Knowing God, emphasizing the importance of developing a deep relationship with God through His grace. It highlights the concept of being in Christ and Christ being in us, leading to a transformative life lived by faith in the Son of God. The sermon encourages believers to seek a multiplied abundance of grace and peace through growing in the knowledge and intimacy of God and Jesus our Lord.
Mid South Conference 1978-01 Fellowship in the Gospel
By Aldy Fam Fanous1.2K39:58GospelMAT 6:332CO 8:12PE 1:2In this sermon, the speaker focuses on the theme of Christ being our life, example, object, strength, and supply. The speaker emphasizes that as believers, we are bought and purchased with a price, belonging to Jesus Christ. The speaker shares a personal story about losing a briefcase and how it reminded them of the importance of surrendering their life to God. The sermon also highlights the joy and fear that comes with fellowship in the gospel, as well as the idea that tears and hardships can become a source of joy when Jesus is involved.
Growing in Grace #5 - Grace for Knowing God
By Bob Hoekstra1.0K59:052PE 1:2In this sermon, the speaker emphasizes the importance of knowing and building a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. He highlights the various roles and activities that the apostle Paul engaged in, but emphasizes that they were all centered around the central goal of knowing the Lord. The speaker explains that the unseen realities of the kingdom of heaven are more real and lasting than the physical world we currently live in. He emphasizes that through the shed blood of Jesus, we have been brought near to God and can have intimate fellowship with Him. The speaker concludes by stating that knowing and building a friendship with God is the greatest thing to invest our lives in.
Progress of Redemption #11
By David Shirley8081:16:10Redemption2PE 1:2In this sermon, the preacher discusses the importance of living according to the teachings of the Bible. He highlights the books of James, Peter, Colossians, and Philippians as examples of how Christians should live their lives. The preacher emphasizes the authority and imperatives found in the book of James, urging believers to follow its teachings. He also emphasizes the new relationship and fellowship believers have in Christ, as described in Colossians. Finally, the preacher discusses the attitude of Christ as exemplified in Philippians, encouraging believers to humble themselves and participate in spreading the Gospel.
Symptoms of a Dying Church - Part 1
By Sam Ketcher74646:41Revival2PE 1:2In this sermon, the speaker emphasizes the importance of older generations reaching out to the younger generation. He challenges the notion that older people are disconnected from young people and asserts that God can use anyone to reach them. The speaker urges churches to prioritize sharing the Word of God with young people instead of merely entertaining them. He references the book of Malachi, highlighting the prophecy of a messenger who will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and vice versa. The speaker encourages the congregation to pray for God to move in their hearts and in the hearts of preachers, emphasizing the power of prayer and the importance of spiritual transformation.
Knowing God
By Joy Dawson491:26:33Knowing GodIntimacy With GodJER 9:23DAN 11:32HOS 4:1HOS 6:6JHN 17:32CO 3:18PHP 3:10COL 1:92PE 1:22PE 3:18Joy Dawson passionately speaks on the vital importance of truly knowing God, emphasizing that our understanding of His character shapes our relationship with Him and our ability to evangelize. She warns against distorted views of God that can hinder our spiritual growth and calls for a deep, personal pursuit of His presence. Dawson encourages believers to seek God diligently, as true knowledge of Him leads to a fulfilling relationship and empowers us to make Him known to others. She highlights that knowing God is not merely about acquiring information but about experiencing His love and character intimately. Ultimately, she asserts that our effectiveness in ministry is directly proportional to our knowledge of God.
To Know Him
By H.J. Vine0JER 9:23ROM 5:9EPH 4:11PHP 3:102PE 1:21JN 2:11JN 3:2H.J. Vine emphasizes the importance for believers to not only know the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior but to continually seek to deepen their knowledge of Him. The Apostle Paul's pursuit of knowing Christ is highlighted as he considered all worldly achievements as loss compared to the excellency of knowing Jesus. The gifts given by the ascended Christ are intended to lead believers to a deeper knowledge of Him, not just to urge knowledge as a necessity. The sermon also delves into the multifaceted role of Jesus as our Saviour, Advocate, and High Priest, emphasizing the intimate relationship believers have with Him and the importance of growing in this knowledge.
2 Peter 1:2
By John Gill0Knowledge Of GodGraceJHN 14:27ROM 5:1EPH 1:172PE 1:2John Gill expounds on 2 Peter 1:2, emphasizing the apostle's prayer for the multiplication of grace and peace among believers. He explains that grace signifies a deeper understanding of God's love and favor, as well as an increase in the internal workings of the Holy Spirit. Peace, on the other hand, encompasses both spiritual and temporal prosperity, particularly the joy that comes from knowing one's justification through Christ. Gill highlights that this multiplication of grace and peace is intimately connected to the knowledge of God and Jesus Christ, which is essential for spiritual growth and understanding. The sermon encourages believers to seek a richer experience of God's grace and peace through a deeper knowledge of Him.
The Proper Purpose of Duties
By Thomas Shepard0MIC 3:11TIT 2:14HEB 7:252PE 1:22PE 1:8Thomas Shepard emphasizes the importance of performing duties not for salvation but to draw closer to the Lord Jesus Christ, to deepen love, acquaintance, and union with Him. He warns against falling in love with the performance of duties themselves rather than using them as means to reach Christ, the only source of rest and salvation. Shepard also highlights the role of duties as evidences of God's love and the need to honor Christ through zealous good works. Lastly, he cautions against false faith and presumption, urging individuals to seek true faith that comes from God and not rely on their own efforts or imaginations for salvation.
I Will Cause the Shower to Come Down in His Season
By C.H. Spurgeon0Abundant GraceSovereign MercyPSA 65:9ISA 41:17ISA 44:3LAM 3:22MAT 5:452CO 9:8EPH 3:20PHP 4:19JAS 1:172PE 1:2C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes the concept of sovereign mercy in his sermon 'I Will Cause the Shower to Come Down in His Season,' illustrating that only God has the authority to send rain, symbolizing grace. He explains that just as the earth needs rain for growth, humanity requires divine grace for spiritual sustenance, which is given abundantly and in its proper season. Spurgeon reassures that God's blessings are plentiful and varied, meant to meet our needs whether in times of drought or heaviness. He encourages believers to look to God for these 'showers of blessing' and to remain open to receiving His grace. Ultimately, the sermon highlights the necessity of God's grace in every aspect of life.
The Ascent to the Mount of Vision
By Jane Lead0ACT 4:8ACT 6:5EPH 1:15EPH 5:18COL 1:9COL 2:10COL 3:162PE 1:2In this sermon, the preacher delves into the meaning of 'pleroo,' emphasizing the concept of being filled to the brim with the Spirit, causing permeation and domination in the believer's life. The sermon explores the idea of being fully equipped for the Christian journey and the importance of allowing the Spirit to control and dominate our thoughts, emotions, and will. The preacher highlights the significance of being constantly filled with the Spirit, leading to joy, thankfulness, and submission, and ultimately enabling believers to discern and perform God's will.
- Adam Clarke
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
- John Gill
Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Grace - God's favor; peace - the effects of that favor in the communication of spiritual and temporal blessings. Through the knowledge of God - Εν επιγνωσει· By the acknowledging of God, and of Jesus our Lord. For those who acknowledge him in all their ways, he will direct their steps. Those who know Christ; and do not acknowledge him before men, can get no multiplication of grace and peace.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
Grace . . . peace-- (Pe1 1:2). through--Greek, "in": the sphere IN which alone grace and peace can be multiplied. knowledge--Greek, "full knowledge." of God, and of Jesus our Lord--The Father is here meant by "God," but the Son in Pe2 1:1 : marking how entirely one the Father and Son are (Joh 14:7-11). The Vulgate omits "of God and"; but oldest manuscripts support the words. Still the prominent object of Peter's exhortation is "the knowledge of Jesus our Lord" (a phrase only in Rom 4:24), and, only secondarily, of the Father through Him (Pe2 1:8; Pe2 2:20; Pe2 3:18).
John Gill Bible Commentary
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you,.... By a multiplication of grace may be meant a larger discovery of the love and favour of God; which though it admits of no degrees in itself, being never more or less in God's heart, yet, as to the manifestations of it, it is different, and capable of being increased, and drawn out to a greater length; or else an increase of the internal graces of the Spirit of God, as to the actings and exercise of them; or a larger measure of the gifts of the Spirit, for greater usefulness among them; or a clearer view, and a more enlarged knowledge of the Gospel of the grace of God, and the truths of it; and indeed, the word grace may take in all these senses: and by a multiplication of peace, which the apostle in this salutation also wishes for, may be designed an affluence of all kind of prosperity, temporal, and spiritual, external and internal; and more especially an increase of spiritual peace, a fulness of joy and peace in believing, arising from a sense of free justification by Christ's righteousness, and full pardon and atonement by his blood and sacrifice: through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord; which is to be understood, not of a natural, but of a spiritual and evangelical knowledge; of a knowledge of God, not as the God of nature and providence, but as the God of all grace, as in Christ, and a covenant God in him, and of the person, offices, and grace of Christ; and which designs true faith in him, by which means larger discoveries of the grace of God are made, and a greater enjoyment of spiritual peace is had: or it may be rendered, "with the knowledge of God", &c. and the sense then is, that the apostle prays, as for a multiplication of grace and peace, so along with it, an increase of spiritual and evangelical knowledge; which in the best is imperfect, but may be increased by the blessing of God on those means which he has appointed for that end, such as the word and ordinances. The Syriac version renders this clause, "through the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ", leaving out the word "God", and the copulative "and", and adding the word "Christ"; and the Ethiopic version reads, "in the knowledge of our God, Christ Jesus our Lord", without any distinction. After the inscription and salutation begins the epistle, with an account of various special favours bestowed upon these persons; and are mentioned by the apostle to encourage his faith and theirs, in expectation of enjoying what he here wishes unto them, since already such great and good things had been bestowed upon them.