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2 Peter 1:4

KJV
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.
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NKJV
by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
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NASB
For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
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NIV
Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
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Amp.
By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature.
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Wuest
by means of which [glory and virtue] there have been generously given to us the precious and exceedingly great promises in order that through these you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped by flight the corruption which is in the world in the sphere of passionate cravings.
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Phps.
It is through this generosity that God's greatest and most precious promises have become available to us men, making it possible for you to escape the inevitable disintegration that lust produces in the world and to share in God's essential nature.
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Wms.
It is through these that He has given us His precious and glorious promises, so that through them, after you have escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires, you may come to share in the divine nature.
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Writings on the Paidion Books Site
That Reference This Scripture

  1. But the Building Is Just a Tool - Neil Girrard
  2. 4. The Children of the Devil; The Sons of the Devil - Neil Girrard
  3. Ekkaleo - Ekkletoi - Ekklesia - Neil Girrard
  4. Financial Scams; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard
  5. In His Rest - Neil Girrard
  6. Nothing New - Neil Girrard
  7. One Hundred and Seven Theses - Steve Camp
  8. A Slippery Slope - Neil Girrard
  9. Tag Team; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard
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