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2 Peter 1:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”

2 Peter 1:4 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 Peter 1:424 words
δι’di’through / because of
ὧνhōnwho / which
τὰtathe
τίμιαtimiadear, honourable, (more
καὶkaiand / also
μέγισταmegistaexceeding great
ἡμῖνhēminI
ἐπαγγέλματαepangelmatapromise
δεδώρηταιdedōrētaigive
ἵναhinaso that / in order that
διὰdiathrough / because of
τούτωνtoutōnhe (it was that), hereof, it
γένησθεgenēsthearise, be assembled, be(-come
θείαςtheiasdivine, godhead
κοινωνοὶkoinōnoicompanion, partaker, partner
φύσεωςphyseōs(man-)kind, nature(-al)
ἀποφυγόντεςapophygontesescape
τῆςtēsthe
ἐνenabout, after, against
τῷtōthe
κόσμῳkosmōworld
ἐνenabout, after, against
ἐπιθυμίᾳepithymiaconcupiscence, desire, lust (after)
φθορᾶςphthorascorruption, destroy, perish
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Word-by-word meanings

δι’di’through / because of
ὧνhōnwho / which
τὰtathe
τίμιαtimiadear, honourable, (more
καὶkaiand / also
μέγισταmegistaexceeding great
ἡμῖνhēminI
ἐπαγγέλματαepangelmatapromise
δεδώρηταιdedōrētaigive
ἵναhinaso that / in order that
διὰdiathrough / because of
τούτωνtoutōnhe (it was that), hereof, it
γένησθεgenēsthearise, be assembled, be(-come
θείαςtheiasdivine, godhead
κοινωνοὶkoinōnoicompanion, partaker, partner
φύσεωςphyseōs(man-)kind, nature(-al)
ἀποφυγόντεςapophygontesescape
τῆςtēsthe
ἐνenabout, after, against
τῷtōthe
κόσμῳkosmōworld
ἐνenabout, after, against
ἐπιθυμίᾳepithymiaconcupiscence, desire, lust (after)
φθορᾶςphthorascorruption, destroy, perish

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