Our Lord Jesus is God Himself and that our God is actually the Lord Jesus.

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一章一至四节按原文是一长句。三节是二节思想的延续：“神的神能，藉着我们充分认识那用祂自己的荣耀和美德呼召我们的，已将一切关于生命和敬虔的事赐给我们。”三节开头，原文有一连接词，可译为“因为”（As）。钦定英文译本说，“根据”（Ac cording as），美国标准本和新美国标准本译为“既然”（Seeing that）。钦定英文译本说，恩典与平安，藉着你们充分认识神和我们的主耶稣而繁增，根据神的神能，已将一切关于生命和敬虔的事赐给我们。美国标准本指明，既然神的神能已将一切事赐给我们，恩典与平安就在这样的范围里繁增。

在三节彼得说到“神的神能”。“神的”在原文是一单数的代名词（“祂的”），但这代名词在二节有两个前述词─神和我们的主耶稣。我们若仔细、正确的研读主话，就会留意一个事实：三节的单数代名词“祂的”有两个前述词。这指明我们的主耶稣就是神自己，我们的神实际上就是主耶稣。不然，彼得就会说，“祂们的神能…已将一切…事赐给我们。”

The punctuation of 1:1-4 indicates that these four verses make up one long sentence. In verse 3 we have the continuation of the thought in verse 2: "As His divine power has granted to us all things which relate to life and godliness, through the full knowledge of Him who has called us to His own glory and virtue." Verse 3 begins with the word "As." This word is a literal translation of the Greek. The King James Version says, "According as," and both the American Standard Version and the New American Standard Version adopt the rendering "Seeing that." The King James Version says grace and peace be multiplied through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord according as His divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness. The American Standard Version indicates that grace and peace are multiplied in such a sphere, seeing that the divine power has granted to us all things. 

In verse 3 Peter speaks of "His divine power." The pronoun "His" is singular, but in verse 2 there are two antecedents of this pronoun--God and Jesus our Lord. If we study the Word carefully and properly, we shall pay attention to the fact that in verse 2 we have two antecedents for the singular pronoun "His" in verse 3. This indicates that our Lord Jesus is God Himself and that our God is actually the Lord Jesus. Otherwise, Peter would have said, "As Their divine power has granted to us all things."