Verse
2 Peter 1:5 — And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and…
“And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;”
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The verses around 2 Peter 1:5.
3According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4Whereby 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.
5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
Verse explanation
Begins a list of qualities meant to grow one out of the other, like rungs of a ladder — faith is only the first step, meant to lead to virtue and knowledge.
From the 2 Peter 1 study in Bible in Stories.
2 Peter 1:5 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E vós tambem, pondo n'isto mesmo toda a diligencia, accrescentae á vossa fé a virtude, e á virtude a sciencia,
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E por isso mesmo, pondo todo o empenho, acrescentai a vossa fé virtude; e à virtude, conhecimento;
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Por esa misma razón, ¡hagan todo lo que puedan! A su fe en Dios agréguenle bondad; a la bondad, conocimiento;
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