NEW TESTAMENT

2 Peter 1:3

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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,

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Verse 3. Glory and virtue. [1] By the Greek text, virtue is not here the same as power, as commonly in other places, but signifies God’s goodness, mercy, and clemency. Witham.

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