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I. THAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE TO LIVE GODLY LIVES.

II. THAT FOR THIS LIFE AND GODLINESS, DIVINE POWER BESTOWS EVERYTHING NECESSARY.

1. It is necessary that He should give us all things, for we have nothing in ourselves.

2. It is very gracious of Him to give all things. We were told that during the first winter campaign in the Crimea, our armies were subject to many sufferings and privations on account of inadequate provisions. This might have been so; it often has been so in times of war, and no human power can prevent it. But it can never be so with the armies of the Cross. Divine power is our guarantee.

III. THE TEXT TEACHES US THAT ALL THINGS ARE IN CHRIST, AND OBTAINED THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM.

IV. THAT AMONG THE "ALL THINGS" WE HAVE IN CHRIST THE PROMISES ARE ESPECIALLY TO BE PRIZED.

V. THAT THE POSSESSION OF THESE HEAVENLY GIFTS MAKES US PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE.

(H. Quick.)

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KJV: According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

WEB: 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;