What Does 2 Peter 1:2 Mean in the King James?
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Favor and wholeness multiply through the living recognition of God and Jesus.
THE MEANING
Favor and wholeness are multiplied in you through knowing God and Jesus your Lord. This knowing carries recognition through lived acquaintance, so the verse locates their increase in an active relationship with them.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that favor and wholeness are fixed quantities dissolves here: the verse speaks of them multiplying through knowing God and Jesus.
THE ROOT
ἐπίγνωσις
epignōsis
GROWS FROM
γνω-
gnō-
Know, recognize; epignōsis carries the sense of recognition or coming to know.
The word translated “knowledge” belongs to the same word family as the verb “to know,” tying understanding to recognition. In this verse, favor and wholeness grow through knowing God and Jesus, not through knowledge left at the level of information.
ALSO GROWS
ginōskō: Know, recognize
γινώσκω
This verb shares the knowing root and shows knowledge as an act of recognition.
gnōsis: Knowledge, understanding
γνῶσις
This noun shares the same root, linking the verse’s epignōsis to knowing and understanding.
epiginōskō: Recognize, come to know
ἐπιγινώσκω
This related verb echoes the verse’s emphasis on knowing God and Jesus through recognition.
THE PATTERN
Knowing God is presented as a source through which life and wholeness increase.
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.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:THE THREAD
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:The Greek word for “knowledge” here shares the same root as the word in 2 Peter 1:2. The next verse opens that connection further: through knowing God, life and godliness are given.
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