2 Peter 1:5 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And you, employing all care, minister in your faith, virtue; and in virtue, knowledge;

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For this very reason, adding your diligence [to the divine promises], employ every effort in exercising your faith to develop virtue (excellence, resolution, Christian energy), and in [exercising] virtue [develop] knowledge (intelligence),

American Standard Version (1901)

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;

Common English Bible

This is why you must make every effort to add moral excellence to your faith; and to moral excellence, knowledge;

Catholic Public Domain Version

But as for you, taking up every concern, minister virtue in your faith; and in virtue, knowledge;

English Standard Version 2016

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,

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