And beside this, giving all diligence, add to
your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to
temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly
kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
(2Pe
1:5-7)
And beside this, giving all diligence
Diligence
DILIGENCE, n.
[L., to love earnestly; to choose.]
1.
Steady application in business of any kind; constant effort to accomplish what
is undertaken; exertion of body or mind without unnecessary delay or sloth; due
attention; industry; assiduity.
add to your faith
Faith
FAITH, n.
[L. fides, fido, to trust; Gr. to persuade, to draw towards any thing, to
conciliate; to believe, to obey. In the Greek Lexicon of Hederic it is said,
the primitive signification of the verb is to bind and draw or lead, as
signifies a rope or cable. But this remark is a little incorrect. The sense of
the verb, from which that of rope and binding is derived, is to strain, to
draw, and thus to bind or make fast. A rope or cable is that which makes fast.
Heb.]
Virtue
Virtue
VIRTUE, n.
vur'tu. [L. virtus, from vireo, or its root. See Worth.] The radical sense is
strength, from straining, stretching, extending. This is the primary sense of
L. vir, a man.]
3.
Moral goodness; the practice of moral duties and the abstaining from vice, or a
conformity of life and conversation to the moral law. In this sense, virtue may
be, and in many instances must be, distinguished from religion. The practice of
moral duties merely from motives of convenience, or from compulsion, or from
regard to reputation, is virtue, as distinct from religion. The practice of
moral duties from sincere love to God and his laws, is virtue and religion. In
this sense it is true,
and to virtue knowledge
Knowledge
KNOWL'EDGE, n.
nol'lej.
1. A
clear and certain perception of that which exists, or of truth and fact; the
perception of the connection and agreement, or disagreement and repugnancy of
our ideas.
We
can have no knowledge of that which does not exist. God has a perfect knowledge
of all his works. Human knowledge is very limited, and is mostly gained by
observation and experience.
2.
Learning; illumination of mind.
And to knowledge temperance
Temperance
TEM'PERANCE, n.
[L. temperantia, from tempero.]
1.
Moderation; particularly, habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of
the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; as
temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or
mirth. Temperance in eating and drinking is opposed to gluttony and
drunkenness, and in other indulgences, to excess.
and to temperance patience
Patience
PATIENCE, n.
pa'shens. [L. patientia, from patior, to suffer.]
1.
The suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity, provocation or other evil,
with a calm, unruffled temper; endurance without murmuring or fretfulness.
Patience may spring from constitutional fortitude, from a kind of heroic pride,
or from christian submission to the divine will.
and to patience godliness
Godliness
GOD'LINESS, n.
[from godly.] Piety; belief in God, and reverence for his character and laws.
1. A
religious life; a careful observance of the laws of God and performance of
religious duties, proceeding from love and reverence for the divine character
and commands; christian obedience.
And to godliness brotherly kindness
Brotherly
BROTH'ERLY, a.
Pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming brothers;
kind; affectionate; as brotherly love.
Kindness
KINDNESS, n.
[from kind, the adjective.]
1.
Good will; benevolence; that temper or disposition which delights in
contributing to the happiness of others, which is exercised cheerfully in
gratifying their wishes, supplying their wants or alleviating their distresses;
benignity of nature. Kindness ever accompanies love.
and to brotherly kindness charity
Charity
CHARITY, n.
1. In
a general sense, love, benevolence, good will; that disposition of heart which
inclines men to think favorably of their fellow men to think favorably of their
fellow men, and to do them good. In a theological sense, it includes supreme
love to God, and universal good will to men.
1 Cor
8. Col 3. 1
Tim 1.
2. In
a more particular sense, love, kindness, affection, tenderness, springing from
natural relations; as the charities of father, son and brother.
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.
(2Pe 1:5-7) ESV
