2 Peter 1:5
So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
In Context
6And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
Cross References
Joshua 7:3Then they came back to Joshua and said to him, Do not send all the people up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and make an attack on Ai; there is no need for all the people to be tired with the journey there, for it is only a small town.
Proverbs 4:23And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.
Zechariah 6:15And those who are far away will come and be builders in the Temple of the Lord, and it will be clear to you that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.
Luke 24:21But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;
1 Corinthians 14:20My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.
Ephesians 5:17For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.
Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 1:2-5
Second Peter The penman of this epistle appears plainly to be the same who wrote the foregoing; and, whatever difference some learned men apprehend they discern in the style of this epistle from that of the former, this cannot be a sufficient argument to assert that it was written by Simon who succeeded the apostle James in the church at Jerusalem, inasmuch as he who wrote this epistle calls himself Simon Peter, and an apostle ( v. 1 ), and says that he was one of the three apostles that were present at Christ's… Read the whole commentary →