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2 Peter 1:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 Peter 1:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
The Christian’s Call and Election
3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to[a] his own glory and excellence, 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature.[b]
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- 2 Peter 1:3 Or by
- 1.4 partakers of the divine nature: A strong expression to describe the transformation of human nature by divine grace.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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