2 Peter 1:3

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Through his divine power we have been given everything that's important to live a God-centered life. This comes through knowing him who called us to himself by his own glory and goodness. In this way he's given us wonderful, priceless promises.

Cross References

Psalm 110:3

Your people willingly follow you on the day when your power is revealed on the holy mountains, renewed in strength every morning like dew at dawn.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is our sun and shield, and he gives us grace and honor. The Lord doesn't hold back anything good from those who do right.

Proverbs 12:4

A good wife is a crown for her husband, but one who brings shame is like rot in his bones.

Proverbs 31:10

Who can find a strong, capable wife? She's worth more than jewels!

Proverbs 31:29

“Many women do great things, but you are better than all of them!”

Matthew 28:18

Jesus came to them and told them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Romans 8:32

God, who did not hold back his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, won't he also freely give us everything?

Romans 9:24

This is who we are—people he has called, not just from among the Jews, but from among the foreigners too...

1 Corinthians 1:9

God is trustworthy who called you to share together in fellowship with his son Jesus Christ our Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:9

But he told me, “My grace is all you will need, for my power is effective in weakness.” That's why I happily boast about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may reside in me.

Ephesians 4:1

So I—this prisoner in the Lord—am encouraging you to make sure you live according to the principles to which you were called.

Ephesians 4:4

For there's one body, and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope.

Philippians 3:8

Truly, I count everything as loss in exchange for the incredible benefit I've gained through knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I've thrown away all these things for him, and consider them trash, so that I might gain Christ.

Philippians 4:8

Lastly, whatever is true, honorable, right, pure, beautiful, commendable, whatever is truly good and deserves to be praised, think about these kinds of things.

Colossians 1:16

for everything was created through him—in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, empires, rulers, leaders and authorities—everything was created through him and for him.

1 Thessalonians 2:12

so that you could live as God would want you to live—the God who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God did not call us to live impure lives, but holy lives.

2 Thessalonians 2:14

This is what he called you to through the good news we shared with you, so that you could participate in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 4:8

for while physical exercise is useful to some extent, spiritual exercise is much more useful. For “it has promise for the present life, and for the life to come.”

2 Timothy 1:9

He is the one who has saved us and called us to live a holy life—not through what we do, but by God's own plan and through his grace.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son is the radiant glory of God, and the visible expression of his true character. He sustains everything by his powerful command. When he had provided cleansing for sin he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

1 Peter 1:15

Now you need to be holy in everything you do, just as the one who called you is holy.

1 Peter 1:5

Through your trust in him, God will protect you by his power until salvation arrives—the salvation that is ready to be revealed at the last day.

1 Peter 2:21

In fact this is what you were called to do, because Christ suffered for you and gave you an example, so you should follow in his footsteps.

1 Peter 2:9

In complete contrast, you are a specially-chosen family, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God. Consequently you can reveal the wonderful things he's done, calling you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 3:9

Don't pay back evil for evil, or retaliate when you're abused, instead you should give a blessing—because that's what you were called to do, so you could gain a blessing yourself.

1 Peter 5:10

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you into his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore you, support you, strengthen you, and give you a solid foundation.

2 Peter 1:10

So, brothers and sisters, be all the more determined to make sure you are truly “called and chosen.” If you do this, you won't ever fall.

2 Peter 1:2

May you have ever more grace and peace as you grow in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

2 Peter 1:5

For this same reason, do everything you can! Add to your trust in God, goodness; add to goodness, knowledge;

2 Peter 1:6

add to knowledge, self-control; add to self-control, patience; add to patience, reverence;

2 Peter 1:8

The more you have these qualities, the more they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 2:20

If people manage to escape from the evil influence of the world by knowing the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then get tangled up in sin again and are defeated, they are worse off than they were in the first place.

2 Peter 3:18

May you grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May he have glory, both now and forever! Amen.

Ruth 3:11

So don't worry, my daughter. I will do everything you ask—everyone in town knows you are a woman of good character.