2 Peter 1:2

World English Bible (2000)

Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη πληθυνθείη ἐν ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν,

Transliteration

Charis to you and eirēnē be multiplied in epignōsis of the Theou, and Iēsou the Kyriou of us,

Grammar Details

• *Charis*: nominative, feminine, singular - grace/favor
• ὑμῖν: dative, plural - 'to you'
• *eirēnē*: nominative, feminine, singular - peace
• πληθυνθείη: aorist passive optative, 3rd singular - 'may be multiplied'
• *epignōsis*: dative, feminine, singular - full/complete knowledge
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - 'of God'
• *Iēsou*: genitive, masculine, singular - 'of Jesus'
• *Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - 'of Lord'
• ἡμῶν: genitive, plural - 'of us/our'

Word Meanings

• *Charis*: grace/favor/kindness
• *eirēnē*: peace/harmony/tranquility
• *epignōsis*: full knowledge/complete understanding/precise knowledge
• *Kyriou*: Lord/Master/Owner

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
• John 17:3 : 3 This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
• Rom 1:7 : 7 to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
• Jude 1:2 : 2 Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied.
• Phil 3:8 : 8 Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
• Rev 1:4 : 4 John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;
• 1 John 5:20-21 : 20 We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• 2 Pet 1:3 : 3 seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;
• 2 Pet 1:8 : 8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Pet 2:20 : 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
• Num 6:24-26 : 24 'Yahweh bless you, and keep you. 25 Yahweh make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you. 26 Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.'
• Isa 53:11 : 11 After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.
• Dan 4:1 : 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
• Dan 6:25 : 25 Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
• Luke 10:22 : 22 Turning to the disciples, he said, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him."