2 Peter 1:5

So, with this, bringing in all diligence, add to your faith virtue; but to virtue knowledge,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

In Context

4by annunciations great and precious which he hath given to you, that by them you may be partakers of the divine nature, while you escape the corruption of the lusts which are in the world;

6but to knowledge perseverance, but to perseverance patience, but to patience godliness,

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Cross References

Luke 24:21But we had hoped that it was he who shall redeem Isroel; and, lo, three days (have passed) since all these things were done.

1 Corinthians 14:20MY brethren, be not children in your minds, but in evils be you babes, and in your minds be perfect.

Ephesians 5:17On account of this, be not wanting in mind, but understand what is the will of Aloha.

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 →

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