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For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. (2 Peter 1:5-7 ESV) Peter lists “qualities” that characterize a life partaking of the divine nature. These verses contain a straightforward catalog of biblical virtues. This list does not reflect a legalistic code but rather the desires and features of a transformed heart (cf. “for this very reason,”. The exhortations to live a new life are grounded in the divine power and promises that were granted to believers when they came to know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord! Our Journey continues today in 2 Peter chapter 2
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:22:15 +0000

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