 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1826 - 632 pàgines
...we might resemble his excellency and holiness. And this I conceive to be the meaning of St. Peter, " According as his Divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain to life and godliness" (that is, to this new life of godliness,) " through the knowledge of him, that... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1826 - 628 pàgines
...we might resemble his excellency and holiness. And this I conceive to be the meaning of St. Peter, " According as his Divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain to life and godliness" (that is, to this new life of godliness,) " through the knowledge of him, that... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 584 pàgines
...to preserve us from soulentangling-sins. So Peter informs us, 2 Ep. i. 3. 'The divine power of God hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness. We have from it an habitual furnishment and provision for obedience at all times. Also, saith he, ver.... | |
 | Robert Morrison - 1826 - 434 pàgines
...eternity. Our Lord Jesus Christ, according to his divine power, gives to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue. It is thus Simon Peter, a servant and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, speaks to those... | |
 | 1827 - 512 pàgines
...through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Grace, and peace, be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord....godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue ; (whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these... | |
 | 1829 - 544 pàgines
...peace." " XXVII. Faith is the first grace, and the source of all the others." — On 2 Pet. i. 3 : ' According as his divine power hath given unto us all...godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.' " XXVIII. The first grace which God grants to the sinner, is the forgiveness... | |
 | John Richards - 1827 - 466 pàgines
...the preceding verse. " According as his divine power," says the Apostle, that is, the power of God, " hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life...and godliness, through the knowledge of him," that is, Christ, " that hath called us to glory and virtue." Christ is the channel through which all spiritual... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 688 pàgines
...still waters. k JOHN, i. 16: Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 2 PET. i. 3,4: According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : Whereby... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 572 pàgines
...Christ. through the knowledge 4 of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 According as his divine power hath d given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the e knowledge of him that hath f called us to 5 R glory and virtue : 4 h Whereby are ! given unto us... | |
 | John Owen - 1827 - 404 pàgines
...obedience merely for want of spiritual strength ; for God " gives unto us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue." 2 Pet. i. 3. It is true, that strength is administered by certain means, which,... | |
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Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises : that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 
