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2 Peter 1 — Sermon Preparation
Believers are called to build on their faith with virtue, knowledge, and godliness, confirmed by the eyewitness testimony of Christ's transfiguration. Below is a research summary for 2 Peter 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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2 Peter 1 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἀρετή | arétē | G703 | 3 | praise, virtue |
| φέρω | phérō | G5342 | 4 | be, bear, bring, carry |
| εὐσέβεια | eusébeia | G2150 | 3 | godliness, holiness |
| ἐπίγνωσις | epígnōsis | G1922 | 3 | knowledge |
| δωρέομαι | dōréomai | G1433 | 2 | give |
| θεῖος | theîos | G2304 | 2 | divine, godhead |
| σκήνωμα | skḗnōma | G4638 | 2 | tabernacle |
How preachers through history handled this text
33 public-domain excerpts on 2 Peter 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Faith unites the weak believer to Christ, as really as it does the strong one, and purifies the heart of one as truly as of another; and every sincere believer is by his faith justified in the sight of God. Faith worketh godliness, and produces effects which no other grace in the soul can do. In Christ all fulness dwells, and pardon, peace, grace, and knowledge, and new principles, are thus given through the Holy Spirit. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Peter 1:1–11 (Public Domain)
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