2 Peter 1:2 (WEB)

Passage

Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

Nearby Context

2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, 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 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;

2 Peter 1:4 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.

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 has 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.