11 translations · Greek
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
2 Peter 3:18 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
- KJV King James Version
- But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever. Amen.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and increase in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; to Him [is] the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- May you grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May he have glory, both now and forever! Amen.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him [is] the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.
- DBY Darby Translation
- but grow in grace, and in [the] knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] glory both now and to [the] day of eternity. Amen.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and unto the day of eternity. Amen.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| αὐξάνετε | auxanete | grow | G837 αὐξάνω to grow |
| δὲ | de | But | G1161 δέ then |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| χάριτι | chariti | [the] grace | G5485 χάρις grace |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| γνώσει | gnōsei | knowledge | G1108 γνῶσις knowledge |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Κυρίου | Kyriou | Lord | G2962 κύριος lord: God |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | of our | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| Σωτῆρος | Sōtēros | Savior | G4990 σωτήρ savior |
| Ἰησοῦ | Iēsou | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
| Χριστοῦ | Christou | Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| αὐτῷ | autō | To Him [be] | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δόξα | doxa | glory | G1391 δόξα glory |
| καὶ | kai | both | G2532 καί and |
| νῦν | nyn | now | G3568 νῦν now |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 εἰς toward |
| ἡμέραν | hēmeran | [the] day | G2250 ἡμέρα day |
| αἰῶνος | aiōnos | of eternity | G165 αἰών an age: age |
| Ἀμήν | Amēn | Amen | G281 ἀμήν amen |
Related verses
- Colossians 1:10
that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
- Ephesians 4:15
but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;
- 1 Peter 2:2
as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,
- Colossians 3:10
and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,
- Philippians 3:8
Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
- Ephesians 1:17
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
- 1 Peter 5:10–11
But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
- 2 Peter 1:3
seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;
- 2 Corinthians 4:6
seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- John 17:3
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
16 as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
17 You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
Read all of 2 Peter 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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