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title: 2 Peter 1:1
url: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/2-peter-1-1/
markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/2-peter-1-1.md
type: verse
perspective: Protestant (historic Nicene) response to Jehovah's Witness teaching
reference: 2 Peter 1:1
testament: NT
section: Letters
index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt
---

# 2 Peter 1:1

## Text (Berean Standard Bible)

> Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,  To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:

## JW Usage

The NWT renders this verse as "our God and [the] Saviour Jesus Christ," inserting a bracketed "[the]" to split "God" and "Saviour" into two persons — Jehovah and Jesus. This supports the JW reading that Jesus is the Saviour but not God.

## Protestant Usage

The Greek follows the Granville Sharp construction: one article (tou) governs both nouns (theou and sōtēros) joined by kai, with no second article before "Saviour." Greek grammar identifies "God" and "Saviour" as the same person — Jesus Christ. The same construction appears in Titus 2:13 ("our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ"). The NWT's own rendering of 2 Peter 1:11 uses the identical Granville Sharp construction and correctly renders it as one person ("our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ") — exposing the inconsistency at 1:1. No modern translation agrees with the NWT's two-person split. This is a grammatical argument, not a theological one — about how Greek works, not about what we want the text to say. The NWT's divergence here is classified as high severity in interlinear analysis because it contradicts its own translation principles applied eleven verses later.

## NWT Issue

The NWT inserts a bracketed article "[the]" before "Saviour" to create two persons ("our God and [the] Saviour Jesus Christ"), violating the Granville Sharp rule where one article governs both nouns. The NWT's own rendering of the identical construction in 2 Peter 1:11 correctly treats it as one person ("our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ"), exposing internal inconsistency. No modern translation agrees with the NWT's two-person split at 1:1.

## Arguments Using This Verse

- [Our Great God and Saviour Jesus Christ](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/titus-2-13.md) — Titus 2:13 and the Granville Sharp Rule [Deity of Christ]
- [The NWT's One-Way Mirror](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/nwt-unidirectional-bias.md) — Every Change Points the Same Direction [NWT Translation]
- [Jehovah Alone Is Saviour — Yet Jesus Saves](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/isaiah43-saviour.md) — Isaiah 43:11 / Acts 4:12 / Titus 2:13 [Deity of Christ]
- [When 'Is' Becomes 'Means'](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/is-to-means-broader-pattern.md) — The NWT's Pattern of Paraphrasing the Greek Copula [NWT Translation]
- [You Can't Cite a Bible You Say Is Corrupted](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/consistency-corrupt-bible-self-defeat.md) — The Selective-Appeal Inconsistency [Authority]
- [Paul's Greeting Puts Jesus Beside the Father](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/pauline-greeting-formula.md) — Galatians 1:1-3 — Co-Source of Grace and Peace [Deity of Christ]