2 Peter 1:1-2·~1 min
A Greeting from Peter
Simon Peter identifies himself in the tension of humility and authority, as both servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. He writes to believers who have obtained a faith of equal standing through the righteousness of Jesus Christ, thereby placing all recipients on common gospel ground. His blessing asks for grace and peace to be multiplied through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. The paragraph establishes that Christian life begins in gifted faith and grows through true relational knowledge of God.
S1imon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, 2Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Section summaryPeter opens by naming himself as both servant and apostle of Jesus Christ and by addressing believers who share the same precious faith through God's righteousness. The greeting quickly moves beyond courtesy into theology: grace and peace are multiplied through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. From the outset, Peter frames Christian identity as gift and Christian stability as rooted in the true knowledge of God.
Role in the chapterThis section introduces the letter by grounding the readers' shared faith and peace in the righteousness of Christ and the knowledge of God.