2Pe 1:2 | JFB | STEP | 2. Grace ... peace-- ( ). through-- Greek, "in": the sphere IN which alone grace and peace can be multiplied. knowledge-- Greek, "full knowledge." of God, and of Jesus our Lord-- The Father is here meant by "God," but the Son in : marking how entirely one the Father and Son are ( ). The Vulgate omits "of God and"; but oldest manuscripts support the words. Still the prominent object of Peter's exhortation is "the knowledge of Jesus our Lord" (a phrase only in ), and, only secondarily, of the Father through Him ( ; ; ).

‏ 2 Peter 1:2

2. Grace ... peace--(1Pe 1:2).

through--Greek, "in": the sphere IN which alone grace and peace can be multiplied.

knowledge--Greek, "full knowledge."

of God, and of Jesus our Lord--The Father is here meant by "God," but the Son in 2Pe 1:1: marking how entirely one the Father and Son are (Joh 14:7-11). The Vulgate omits "of God and"; but oldest manuscripts support the words. Still the prominent object of Peter's exhortation is "the knowledge of Jesus our Lord" (a phrase only in Ro 4:24), and, only secondarily, of the Father through Him (2Pe 1:8; 2Pe 2:20; 3:18).