Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.Ī.
(2-4) A greeting expanded into an understanding of the value of the knowledge of God. “The grammar leaves little doubt that in these words Peter is calling Jesus Christ both God and Savior.” (Blum) 2. “The expression God and our Saviour is in a construction in the Greek text which demands that we translate, our God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, the expression thus showing that Jesus Christ is the Christian’s God.” (Wuest) Peter clearly thought that Jesus was and is our God and Savior. Our God and Savior Jesus Christ: The grammar of the ancient Greek demonstrates that Peter said that Jesus Christ is our God and Savior. “God having given to you – believing Gentiles, the same faith and salvation which he had give to us – believing Jews.” (Clarke)ĭ. Like precious faith probably speaks to the fact that the Jews and Gentiles enjoyed the same faith, and therefore the same benefits in Jesus. “He tells us too, that faith is ‘precious ’ and is it not precious? For it deals with precious things, with precious promises, with precious blood, with a precious redemption, with all the preciousness of the person of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” (Spurgeon) To those who have obtained like precious faith: Peter wrote to those who had the same salvation he had experienced, which he called “a like precious faith.” This faith was obtained, and not by the efforts of man but by the righteousness of our God. His standing as a bondservant was more important to him than his status as an apostle.Ĭ. Peter considered himself first a bondservant, and then an apostle. A bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ: The order of these titles is important. “Convinced that the best antidote for heresy is a mature knowledge of the truth, Peter exhorts his readers to have a proper appreciation for prophecy, to live holy and godly lives while awaiting Christ’s coming and to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord.” (Kirby)ī. 1 Peter was written to encourage Christians under the threat of violent persecution 2 Peter was written to warn those same believers of the danger of false teachers and harmful influences. Yet the purpose of the two letters is quite different. Some have said that Peter didn’t write this letter because the subject and style is somewhat different than 1 Peter.
We remember that Simon was his given name at birth Peter was the special name given to him by Jesus, to call this man to “rock-like” thinking and behavior. Perhaps, since he wrote this letter later in life, he didn’t want to forget where he came from and that sometimes he was still more like the old Simon than the new Peter. Simon Peter: The Apostle here called himself Simon Peter. Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:Ī. (1) Introducing a letter from Peter, to believers. An encouragement to know God and what He has done for us.
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