Here are key Spurgeon quotes on “partakers of the divine nature” that show his main emphases (non‑deification, likeness, union with Christ, and holy living).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
### 1. Not becoming God, but renewed in God’s image
> “To be a partaker of the divine nature is **not, of course, to become God. That cannot be. The essence of Deity is not to be participated in by the creature. Between the creature and the Creator there must ever be a gulf fixed in respect of essence; but as the first man Adam was made in the image of God, so we, by the renewal of the Holy Spirit, are in a yet diviner sense made in the image of the Most High, and are partakers of the divine nature.**”[2][7][8][1]
### 2. Likeness to God in moral qualities
> “We are, by grace, **made like God. ‘God is love’; we become love—‘whoever loves has been born of God.’ God is truth; we become true, and we love what is true. God is good, and He makes us good by His grace, so that we become the pure in heart who will see God.**”[1]
> “No, we cannot be divine; **but yet we can be partakers of the divine nature in all its moral and spiritual qualities. We are to become holy, and we aspire to be perfect even as our Father which is in heaven is perfect.**”[5]
### 3. Union with Christ’s life
> “Moreover, **we become partakers of the divine nature in an even higher sense than this—in fact, in as lofty a sense as can be conceived, short of our being absolutely divine. Do we not become members of the body of the divine person of Christ? Yes, the same blood that flows in the head flows in the hand: And the same life that quickens Christ quickens His people, for ‘You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.’**”[1]
> “It is not possible for us to be divine, yet it is written that we are made **‘partakers of the divine nature.’**”[4]
### 4. New birth and new nature
> “We are as certainly **partakers of the divine nature by the new birth as we were partakers of the human nature by the old birth**: so far the comparison holds good.”[6]
> “It is a part of the divine nature—a **spark struck off from the central orb of light and life**, and dead or dark it cannot be, because it would be contrary to its nature to be either the one or the other.”[6]
### 5. Ethical outworking: visible holiness
> “While we rejoice in this, **let us remember that those who are made ‘partakers of the divine nature’ will display this high and holy relationship in their relationships with others and will make it evident in their daily walk and conversation that they have escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. O for more divine holiness of life!**”[2][1]
Sources
[1] What Does Partake Mean? – C. H. Spurgeon Devotional from Truth … https://www.truthforlife.org/
[2] 2 Peter Devotionals & Sermon Illustrations – Precept Austin https://www.preceptaustin.org/
[3] Spurgeon’s Sermons Volume 16 – Christian Classics Ethereal Library https://ccel.org/ccel/
[4] Glorious Predestination by C. H. Spurgeon https://www.blueletterbible.
[5] All of One – The Spurgeon Library https://www.spurgeon.org/
[6] The New Nature – The Spurgeon Library https://www.spurgeon.org/
[7] 2 Peter 1 – Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible – StudyLight.org https://studylight.org/
[8] Meditate – Christian Classics Ethereal Library https://www.ccel.org/meditate/
[9] Partakers of the Divine Nature | For The Church https://ftc.co/resource-
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[11] John – To be a partaker of the divine nature is not, of course, to …
[12] 2 Pedro 1:3-15 RVA – Bible Devotionals – Bible Portal https://bibleportal.com/es/
[13] “Partakers of the divine nature.” — 2 Peter 1:4 To be a partaker of … https://www.instagram.com/p/
[14] Spurgeon Devotional Morning & Evening Daily Readings … – YouTube
[15] You are a partaker of His divine nature – Facebook https://www.facebook.com/
