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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
The connection is as follows: may grace and peace be multiplied to you, since all things pertaining to life and godliness, through the knowledge of God and our Lord Jesus, have been granted to you by His divine power—that grace—for the knowledge of glory and virtue, for which the greatest promises have been granted, so that you, having escaped from the worldly corruption that comes through lust, might become partakers of the divine nature. …
Oecumenius
As all things are given to you by His divine power, which pertains to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by His glory and virtue, by which precious and great promises have been granted to you, so that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. …
Western Saints
Bede
Just as His divine power has given us all things, etc. This statement depends on the previous sentences. The meaning is: Grace and peace be multiplied to you as you come to know our Lord Jesus Christ perfectly. And know this too through Him, that all things of His divine power have been given to us through His grace, which are sufficient for attaining life and preserving piety. Hence, He says: Because everything I have heard from My Father I have made known to you (John XV). …
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