throughoutmy life as a believer God’s spirit has consistantly aroused me to turn to 2 Peter 1:5-10 where I was prompted to understand verse 5 to read, “add to yourself by your faith virtue” When I questioned my interpretation the spirit led me to verse 1 where the whole subject of the passage is the precious faith that I have obtained.
1 (1) The presence and work of false teachers. But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. a. But there were also false prophets: Even as there were holy men
THESECOND LETTER OF PETER This letter can be appreciated both for its positive teachings and for its earnest warnings. It seeks to strengthen readers in faith (2 Pt 1:1), hope for the future (2 Pt 3:1–10), knowledge (2 Pt 1:2, 6, 8), love (2 Pt 1:7), and other virtues (2 Pt 1:5–6). This aim is carried out especially by warning against false teachers, the
Bothwere received by Jesus as his companions, Matthew 4:19; Mark 1:17; Luke 5:10; John 1:40-42 (41-43); and Simon, whose pre-eminent courage and firmness he discerned and especially relied on for the future establishment of the kingdom of God, he honored with the name of Peter, John 1:42 (43); Matthew 16:18; Mark 3:16. Excelling in vigor of
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