2 Peter 1:5
But as for you, taking up every concern, minister virtue in your faith; and in virtue, knowledge;
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
In Context
6and in knowledge, moderation; and in moderation, patience; and in patience, piety;
Cross References
Joshua 7:3And returning, they said to him: “Let not the entire people go up. Instead, let two or three thousand men go out and destroy the city. Why should all the people be troubled without cause against enemies that are so very few?”
Proverbs 4:23Preserve your heart with all watchfulness, for life proceeds from this.
Zechariah 6:15And those who are far away, will approach, and will build in the temple of the Lord. And you will know that the Lord of hosts sent me to you. Yet this shall be only if, when hearing, you will have heeded the voice of the Lord your God.
Luke 24:21But we were hoping that he would be the Redeemer of Israel. And now, on top of all this, today is the third day since these things have happened.
1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, do not choose to have the minds of children. Instead, be free of malice like infants, but be mature in your minds.
Ephesians 5:17For this reason, do not choose to be imprudent. Instead, understand what is the will of God.
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 →