Passage
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in [the] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
2 Peter 1:2 (DBY)
Nearby Context
2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, bondman and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have received like precious faith with us through [the] righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in [the] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
2 Peter 1:3 As his divine power has given to us all things which relate to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us by glory and virtue,
2 Peter 1:4 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.
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 bondman and apostle of Jesus..." into verse 3's "As his divine power has given to...", 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.