2 Peter 1:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Peter 1:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Peter 1:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Peter 1:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.”
2 Peter 1:4 — World English Bible
2 Peter 1:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.”
2 Peter 1:4 — American Standard Version
2 Peter 1:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.”
2 Peter 1:4 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Peter 1:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“through which he has given to us the greatest and precious promises, that through these ye may become partakers of [the] divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”
2 Peter 1:4 — Darby Translation
2 Peter 1:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Whereby most great and precious promises are giuen vnto vs, that by them ye should be partakers of the diuine nature, in that ye flee the corruption, which is in the worlde through lust.”
2 Peter 1:4 — Geneva Bible
2 Peter 1:4 in Context — 2 Peter 1
2 que la grâce et la paix vous soient multipliées par la connaissance de Dieu et de Jésus notre Seigneur!
3 Comme sa divine puissance nous a donné tout ce qui contribue à la vie et à la piété, au moyen de la connaissance de celui qui nous a appelés par sa propre gloire et par sa vertu,
4 lesquelles nous assurent de sa part les plus grandes et les plus précieuses promesses, afin que par elles vous deveniez participants de la nature divine, en fuyant la corruption qui existe dans le monde par la convoitise,
5 à cause de cela même, faites tous vos efforts pour joindre à votre foi la vertu, à la vertu la science,
6 à la science la tempérance, à la tempérance la patience, à la patience la piété,
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What Does 2 Peter 1:4 Mean?
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