The divine power is operating, but there is the need for us to cooperate with this operation.

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在一章三节彼得用介系词“藉着”，并说神的神能，藉着我们充分认识祂，已将一切关于生命和敬虔的事赐给我们。一切生命的事分赐到我们里面，乃是藉着对神充分的认识。这充分的认识是深刻、透彻、经历上的认识。

神圣的能力已将一切关于生命和敬虔的事注入我们里面。然而，这个注入，这个分赐，要求我们充分认识神。我们若没有经过过程，得着充分的认识，神圣的能力所栽种到我们里面的，似乎就归于徒然。神圣的能力在运行，但需要我们与这运行合作。

许多基督徒对于神圣的能力所分赐给我们的东西一无所知。同样，许多人不知道我们需要经过过程，好得着充分的认识。我们需要受主训练，使我们经过过程，得着对呼召我们的那一位充分的认识。

In 1:3 Peter uses the preposition "through" and says that the divine power has granted to us all things which relate to life and godliness "through the full knowledge of Him." The impartation into us of all the things of life is through the full knowledge of God. This full knowledge is a deep, thorough, experiential knowledge. 

The divine power has infused us with all things pertaining to life and godliness. However, this infusion, this impartation, requires that we have the full knowledge of God. If we do not pass through the process to gain the full knowledge, it will seem that what the divine power has planted in us has been in vain. The divine power is operating, but there is the need for us to cooperate with this operation. 

Many Christians do not know anything about what the divine power has imparted to us. Likewise, many do not know that it is necessary for us to pass through the process to gain the full knowledge. There is the need for us to be trained by the Lord so that we may pass through the process to gain the full knowledge of the One who has called us.