Passage
Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
2 Peter 1:2 (ASV)
Nearby Context
2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and [the] Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Peter 1:2 Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
2 Peter 1:3 seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;
2 Peter 1:4 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 that world by lust.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "grace", "peace", "multiplied", "knowledge", "jesus", and "lord". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.
The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Simon Peter a servant and apostle of..." into verse 3's "seeing that his divine power hath granted...", so "grace" and "peace" belong inside that flow. In 2 Peter context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "peace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.