<p>1:3 <i>Seeing that His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the precise and correct knowledge of Him that called us by His own glory and virtue</i>-&nbsp; The grace explained on :1 is God's power to us; the Spirit is both the power of God and also His work within us, empowering us to have &quot;all things&quot; required for the spiritual life. The precise knowledge of Him doesn't mean that the more theory we acquire, the more power we have. For Peter's audience would have included many illiterate folk, whose access to the Old Testament scrolls was limited, and who only heard the earliest New Testament documents read to them. The knowledge in view is therefore that of relationship, as noted on :2. Indeed the Greek is better rendered &quot;acknowledgment&quot;; it is the recognition of God's power at work in us, and an openness to receive all the empowerment He gives, which is so critical. God's Spirit power works through His calling us; as noted on :1, we &quot;obtained... faith&quot; because we were called to it. And the end result of God's system of calling some by grace is to His glory by us in marvel and thankfulness.</p>