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2 Peter 1:2
ESV May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
NIV Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
NASB Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
CSB May grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
NLT May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord.
KJV Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
NKJV Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

What does 2 Peter 1:2 mean?

Peter continues his opening greeting to his readers. While verse one used a common form of introduction, this verse is not a frequent greeting of the time, even among believers. His desire is for the readers to have grace and peace in abundance, meaning "more than enough."

What Peter does not wish for, at least here, is for that peace and grace to happen in an instant, or without understanding. Peter prays that his readers would have those things in and through knowledge of God and the Lord Jesus Christ. In other words, Peter's greeting is a prayer that his readers would find abundant grace and peace in knowing God and Jesus the Lord. Peter identifies knowing God as the right path to peace and grace. This "knowledge" of God is something Peter will build on in the following verses.

Notice, also, that after calling Jesus "God" in the previous verse, Peter here separates the name "God" from "Jesus the Lord." Biblically, we understand Jesus to be God, but we also understand Jesus to fill a separate and distinct role in the Trinity.
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