And the second Epistle, as “being made partakers of the Divine nature.” (2 Peter 1:4.) The First Epistle of John calls it “a passing from death to life.” (1 John 3:14.) All these expressions come to the same thing in the end. They are all the same truth, only viewed from different sides. And all have one and the same meaning. They describe a great radical change of heart and nature,—a thorough alteration and transformation of the whole inner man,—a participation in the resurrection life of Christ;