New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Peter 1:5-9
5NowG1161 for thisG3778 veryG846 reason alsoG2532, applyingG3923 allG3956 diligenceG4710, in your faithG4102 1supplyG2023 2moralG703 3excellenceG703, and in your moralG703 excellenceG703, 4knowledgeG1108,
6and in your knowledgeG1108, 5self-controlG1466, and in your self-controlG1466, 6perseveranceG5281, and in your perseveranceG5281, 7godlinessG2150,
7and in your godlinessG2150, 8brotherlyG5360 kindnessG5360, and in your brotherlyG5360 kindnessG5360, loveG26.
8For if theseG3778 qualities are yoursG4771 and are increasingG4121, they renderG2525 you neitherG3756 uselessG692 norG3761 9unfruitfulG175 in the trueG1922 10knowledgeG1922 of our LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547.
9For he whoG3739 lacksG3361G3918 theseG3778 qualities is 11blindG5185 or short-sightedG3467, having forgottenG2983G3024 his 12purificationG2512 from his formerG3819 sinsG266.
Notes
- 1. 2 Peter 1:5 2 Pet 1:11 ↩
- 2. 2 Peter 1:5 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
- 3. 2 Peter 1:5 Or virtue ↩
- 4. 2 Peter 1:5 Col 2:3; 2 Pet 1:2 ↩
- 5. 2 Peter 1:6 Acts 24:25 ↩
- 6. 2 Peter 1:6 Luke 21:19 ↩
- 7. 2 Peter 1:6 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
- 8. 2 Peter 1:7 Rom 12:10; 1 Pet 1:22 ↩
- 9. 2 Peter 1:8 Col 1:10 ↩
- 10. 2 Peter 1:8 John 17:3; Phil 3:8; 2 Pet 1:2, 3; 2:20; 3:18 ↩
- 11. 2 Peter 1:9 1 John 2:11 ↩
- 12. 2 Peter 1:9 Eph 5:26; Titus 2:14 ↩
Commentaries on 2 Peter 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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