Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
Ver. 2. Through the knowledge] There is not a new notion, or a further enlargement of saving knowledge, but it brings some grace and peace with it. All the grace that a man hath, it passeth through the understanding; and the difference of stature in Christianity grows from different degrees of knowledge. "Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ," John 1:17 .