2 Peter 1:5
And for this very purpose employing the greatest diligence, lead up in the train of your faith courage; and with courage intelligence;
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
In Context
6and with intelligence moderation; and with moderation patience; and with patience piety;
Cross References
Luke 24:21But we had entertained hopes that this was the person who should have redeemed Israel: and ah! besides all these things, to-day concludes that third day since these things were done.
1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in your minds: though in naughtiness be ye children, but in your minds be men complete.
Ephesians 5:17Therefore be not unwise, but intelligent concerning what is the will of the Lord.
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 →