II Peter 1:1-10

“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life” (3). Peter assured believers who were struggling with inner and outer pressures that God had great purposes for them. God had called them by His own “glory and goodness” and given them “great and precious promises”; through faith in Jesus, they became part of God’s family and even participated in “the divine nature” (4). Knowing all this, believers were empowered to turn their backs on sin and embrace transformation.

“Make every effort”, Peter says, to grow in faith, knowledge, self-control, and love (5). Instead of trying of fix ourselves, spiritual growth comes from cooperating with God’s “divine power” at work in us through the Spirit.