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Introductory Verses - 2nd Peter 1:1-5a
1:1a Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ
1:1b to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours
1:1c by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
1:3a seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness,
1:3b through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
1:4a For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises
1:4b in order that by them you might become partakers of the divine nature
1:4c having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
1:5a Now for this very reason, also, applying all diligence . . . supply
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