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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: 2 Peter 1

Chapter 1

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

Simon

or, Symeon.

Acts 15:14

Peter

Matthew 4:18 10:2 Luke 22:31-34 John 1:42 21:15-17 1 Peter 1:1

a servant

John 12:26 Romans 1:1

an apostle

Luke 11:49 John 20:21 1 Corinthians 9:1 15:9 Galatians 2:8 Ephesians 3:5 4:11 1 Peter 5:1

have

4 Acts 15:8,9 Romans 1:12 2 Corinthians 4:13 Ephesians 4:5 Philippians 1:29 2 Timothy 1:5 Titus 1:1,4 1 Peter 1:7 2:7

through

Jeremiah 33:16 Romans 1:17 3:21-26 1 Corinthians 1:30 2 Corinthians 5:21 Philippians 3:9

of God and our Saviour

Gr. of our God and Saviour.

Isaiah 12:2 Luke 1:47 Titus 2:13

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

Grace

Numbers 6:24-26 Daniel 4:1 6:25 Romans 1:7 1 Peter 1:2 Jude 1:2 Revelation 1:4

the knowledge

3:18 Isaiah 53:11 Luke 10:22 John 17:3 2 Corinthians 4:6 1 John 5:20,21

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

his

Psalms 110:3 Matthew 28:18 John 17:2 2 Corinthians 12:9 Ephesians 1:19-21 Colossians 1:16 Hebrews 1:3

all

Psalms 84:11 Romans 8:32 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 1 Timothy 4:8

through

2 John 17:3

called

Romans 8:28-30 9:24 1 Corinthians 1:9 Ephesians 4:1,4 1 Thessalonians 2:12 4:7 2 Thessalonians 2:14 2 Timothy 1:9 1 Peter 1:15 2:9,21 3:9 5:10

to

or, by. virtue.

5 Ruth 3:11 Proverbs 12:4 31:10,29 Philippians 4:8

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.

are given

1 Ezekiel 36:25-27 Romans 9:4 2 Corinthians 1:20 6:17,18 7:1 Galatians 3:16 Hebrews 8:6-12 9:15 1 John 2:25

ye might

John 1:12,13 2 Corinthians 3:18 Ephesians 4:23,24 Colossians 3:10 Hebrews 12:10 1 John 3:2

having

2:18-20 Galatians 6:8 James 4:1-3 1 Peter 4:2,3 1 John 2:15,16

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

beside

Luke 16:26 24:21

giving

10 3:14,18 Psalms 119:4 Proverbs 4:23 Isaiah 55:2 Zechariah 6:15 John 6:27 Philippians 2:12 Hebrews 6:11 11:6 12:15

virtue

3 Philippians 4:8

knowledge

2 3:18 1 Corinthians 14:20 Ephesians 1:17,18 5:17 Philippians 1:9 Colossians 1:9 1 Peter 3:7

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

temperance

Acts 24:25 1 Corinthians 9:25 Galatians 5:23 Titus 1:8 2:2

patience

Psalms 37:7 Luke 8:15 21:19 Romans 2:7 5:3,4 8:25 15:4 2 Corinthians 6:4 Colossians 1:11 1 Thessalonians 1:3 2 Thessalonians 1:4 3:5 Hebrews 6:12,15 10:36 12:1 James 1:3,4 5:7-10 Revelation 1:9 2:2 13:10 14:12

godliness

3 3:11 Genesis 5:24 Isaiah 57:1 1 Timothy 2:2,10 3:16 4:7,8 6:3,6,11 2 Timothy 3:5 Titus 1:1

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

brotherly

John 13:34,35 Romans 12:10 1 Thessalonians 3:12 4:9,10 Hebrews 13:1 1 Peter 1:22 2:17 1 John 3:14,16

charity

1 Corinthians 13:1-8 Galatians 6:10 Colossians 3:14 1 Thessalonians 5:15 1 Peter 3:8 1 John 4:21

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

in you

John 5:42 2 Corinthians 9:14 13:5 Philippians 2:5 Colossians 3:16 Philemon 1:6

and abound

1 Corinthians 15:58 2 Corinthians 8:2,7 Philippians 1:9 Colossians 2:7 3:16 1 Thessalonians 3:12 4:1 2 Thessalonians 1:3

they

John 15:7,8 2 Corinthians 5:13-17

barren

or, idle.

Proverbs 19:15 Matthew 20:3,6 25:26 Romans 12:11 1 Timothy 5:13 Hebrews 6:12

unfruitful

Matthew 13:22 John 15:2,6 Titus 3:14

in

2

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

lacketh

5-7 Mark 10:21 Luke 18:22 Galatians 5:6,13 James 2:14-26

blind

John 9:40,41 2 Corinthians 4:3,4 1 John 2:9-11 Revelation 3:17

that he

4 2:18-20 Romans 6:1-4,11 Ephesians 5:26 Hebrews 9:14 1 Peter 3:21 1 John 1:7

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

give

5 3:17

to make

2 Timothy 2:19 Hebrews 6:11,19 1 John 3:19-21

election

Romans 8:28-31 1 Thessalonians 1:3,4 2 Thessalonians 2:13,14 1 Peter 1:2

if

Psalms 15:5 Isaiah 56:2 Matthew 7:24,25 Luke 6:47-49 1 John 3:19 Revelation 22:14

never

3:17 Psalms 37:24 62:2,6 112:6 121:3 Micah 7:8 Acts 20:24,25 1 Peter 1:5 Revelation 3:10,11

For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

an entrance

Matthew 25:34 2 Corinthians 5:1 2 Timothy 4:8 Revelation 3:21

abundantly

Psalms 36:8 Song of Solomon 5:1 Isaiah 35:2 John 10:10 Ephesians 3:20 Hebrews 6:17

everlasting

Isaiah 9:7 Daniel 7:14,27 Revelation 5:10

our

1

Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

I will not

13,15 3:1 Romans 15:14,15 Philippians 3:1 1 Timothy 4:6 2 Timothy 1:6 Hebrews 10:32 Jude 1:3,17

though

1 John 2:21 Jude 1:5

and be

3:17 Acts 16:5 Colossians 2:7 Hebrews 13:9 1 Peter 5:10,12

Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

as long

14 2 Corinthians 5:1-4,8 Hebrews 13:3

to stir

3:1 Haggai 1:14 2 Timothy 1:6

by

12

Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

shortly

Deuteronomy 4:21,22 31:14 Joshua 23:14 1 Kings 2:2,3 Acts 20:25 2 Timothy 4:6

even

John 21:18,19

Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

I will

Deuteronomy 31:19-29 Joshua 24:24-29 1 Chronicles 29:1-20 Psalms 71:18 2 Timothy 2:2 Hebrews 11:4

these

4-7,12

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

we have

3:3,4 1 Corinthians 1:17,23 2:1,4 2 Corinthians 2:17 4:2 12:16,17 Ephesians 4:14 2 Thessalonians 2:9 1 Timothy 1:4 4:7 Titus 1:14

the power

Matthew 28:18 Mark 9:1 John 17:2 Romans 1:4 1 Corinthians 5:4 Philippians 3:21

coming

Malachi 3:2 4:5 Matthew 16:28 24:3,27 1 Corinthians 1:7 Jude 1:14 Revelation 1:7

were

Matthew 17:1-5 Mark 9:2 Luke 9:28-32 John 1:14 1 John 1:1-3 4:14

For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

God

Matthew 11:25-27 28:19 Luke 10:22 John 3:35 5:21-23,26,36,37 John 6:27,37,39 10:15,36 13:1-3 14:6,8,9,11 17:21 20:17 Romans 15:6 2 Corinthians 1:3 11:31 2 John 1:3 Jude 1:1

there came

Matthew 17:3 Mark 9:7 Luke 9:34,35 John 12:28,29

This

Matthew 3:17 17:5 Mark 1:11 9:7 Luke 3:22 9:35

in whom

Isaiah 42:1 53:10 Matthew 12:18

And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

this

Matthew 17:6

the holy

Genesis 28:16,17 Exodus 3:1,5 Joshua 5:15 Isaiah 11:9 56:7 Zechariah 8:3 Matthew 17:6

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

a more

Psalms 19:7-9 Isaiah 8:20 41:21-23,26 Luke 16:29-31 John 5:39 Acts 17:11

ye do

Acts 15:29 James 2:8 3 John 1:6

a light

Psalms 119:105 Proverbs 6:23 Isaiah 9:2 60:1,2 Matthew 4:16 Luke 1:78,79 John 1:7-9 5:35 8:12 Ephesians 5:7,8

the day

2 Corinthians 4:4-6 1 John 5:10 Revelation 2:28 22:16

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

Knowing

3:3 Romans 6:6 13:11 1 Timothy 1:9 James 1:3

that

Romans 12:6

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

the prophecy

Luke 1:70 2 Timothy 3:16 1 Peter 1:11

in old time

or, at any time holy.

Deuteronomy 33:1 Joshua 14:6 1 Kings 13:1 17:18,24 2 Kings 4:7,9,22 6:10,15 1 Chronicles 23:14 2 Chronicles 8:14

spake

Numbers 16:28 2 Samuel 23:2 Micah 3:7 Luke 1:70 2 Timothy 3:15-17 1 Peter 1:11 Revelation 19:10

by the Holy

Mark 12:36 Acts 1:16 3:18 28:25 Hebrews 3:7 9:8 10:15