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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 Peter 1:5 - 1:5
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And beside this - rather, “And for this very reason,” namely, “seeing that His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain to life and godliness” (2Pe 1:3).
giving - literally, “introducing,” side by side with God’s gift, on your part “diligence.” Compare an instance, 2Pe 1:10; 2Pe 3:14; 2Co 7:11.
all - all possible.
add - literally, “minister additionally,” or, abundantly (compare Greek, 2Co 9:10); said properly of the one who supplied all the equipments of a chorus. So accordingly, “there will be ministered abundantly unto you an entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Savior” (2Pe 1:11).
to - Greek, “in”; “in the possession of your faith, minister virtue. Their faith (answering to “knowledge of Him,” 2Pe 1:3) is presupposed as the gift of God (2Pe 1:3; Eph 2:8), and is not required to be ministered by us; in its exercise, virtue is to be, moreover, ministered. Each grace being assumed, becomes the stepping stone to the succeeding grace: and the latter in turn qualifies and completes the former. Faith leads the band; love brings up the rear [Bengel]. The fruits of faith specified are seven, the perfect number.
virtue - moral excellency; manly, strenuous energy, answering to the virtue (energetic excellency) of God.
and to - Greek, “in”; “and in (the exercise of) your virtue knowledge,” namely, practical discrimination of good and evil; intelligent appreciation of what is the will of God in each detail of practice.