5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
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Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, …
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-11)In these words the apostle comes to the chief thing intended in this epistle—to excite and engage them to advance in grace and holiness, they having already obtained precious faith, and been made partakers of the divine nature. This is a very good beginning, but it is not to be rested in, as if we were already perfect. The apostle had prayed that grace and peace might be multiplied to them, and no…
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