2 Peter 1:4

4. Whereby By which, namely, his own glory and virtue.

Are given Better, He hath given. He who called us has also, by the same instruments, supplied the means of attaining the object of the call.

Exceeding great Rather, the greatest; greater cannot easily be conceived.

Precious Of inestimable value in themselves, and costly in their price. The promises are not Old Testament promises of gospel blessings, but general promises contained in the gospel itself, such as of pardon of sin to the penitent, the ever-availing atonement and powerful intercession of Christ, and the renewing and sanctifying Spirit.

That by these By means of these promises, heartily believed in and fulfilled.

Ye might be Rather, Ye may become; for it is to be completed as well as begun. The apostle now changes from the us hitherto used, meaning Christians in general, to ye, bringing the grand aim of these glorious promises directly home to his readers.

Partakers of the divine nature Pantheism holds that we, and indeed all things, are a part of God. Buddhism teaches the highest perfection to be absorption into God, ultimating in nonentity. Christianity, by the divine presence in us, makes us like God in holiness, love, and all the characteristics of his moral nature. This is Christian perfection. Beginning in the new birth, its advancement and completion are by the promises, which belong to the all things; so that most truly does divine power work out for faithful believers the divine nature. Fundamental to all, however, is the fleeing away from, the renunciation of, the moral corruption that so widely befouls the world, and that has its source in base, wicked lust. God’s call is to purity: that of the false teachers is to corruption. 2 Peter 2:18.