2 Peter 1:1-4

Precious and Magnificent Promises

¹Simeon Peter, a ^aslave and ^bapostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have received ^cthe same ²kind of faith as ours, ³by ^dthe righteousness of ^eour God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 2 ^aGrace and peace be multiplied to you in ^bthe full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3 seeing that His ^adivine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the ^bfull knowledge of Him who ^ccalled us ¹by His own glory and ²excellence. 4 ¹For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent ^apromises, so that by them you may become ^bpartakers of the divine nature, having ^cescaped the ^dcorruption that is in ^ethe world by lust.