Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:
that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
whereby is a follow up with the previous verse and is attributable directly to Jesus Christ, who has given the saints exceeding great and precious ETERNAL promises......
and that BY THOSE SAME PROMISES you may be a partaker of the divine nature....
What nature is that????
An ETERNAL one that has everlasting life !!!!