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Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus[a] our Lord.

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His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by his own[b] glory and excellence. Through these he has given us his precious and great promises so that through them you may share in the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that sinful lust causes in the world.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 1:2 Some witnesses to the text add Christ. (“Witnesses to the text” mentioned in footnotes may include Greek manuscripts, lectionaries, translations, and quotations in the church fathers.)
  2. 2 Peter 1:3 Some witnesses to the text omit his own.