2 Peter 1:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ 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)

⁵ 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

⁵ This is why you must make every effort to add moral excellence to your faith; and to moral excellence, knowledge;

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ But as for you, taking up every concern, minister virtue in your faith; and in virtue, knowledge;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And you, employing all care, minister in your faith, virtue; and in virtue, knowledge;

2 Peter 1:5 Cross References

Psalm 119:4

Thou hast commanded thy precepts to be kept diligently.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all vigilance; for from it flow the springs of life.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in fatness.

Zechariah 6:15

“And those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the Lord; and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”

Luke 16:26

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’

Luke 24:21

But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since this happened.

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.”

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; be babes in evil, but in thinking be mature.

Ephesians 5:17

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Philippians 1:9

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,

Philippians 2:12

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Colossians 1:9

And so, from the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Colossians 2:3

in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one fail to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” spring up and cause trouble, and by it the many become defiled;

Hebrews 6:11

And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end,

Joshua 7:3

And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, “Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai; do not make the whole people toil up there, for they are but few.”

1 Peter 3:7

Likewise you husbands, live considerately with your wives, bestowing honor on the woman as the weaker sex, since you are joint heirs of the grace of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered.

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brethren, be the more zealous to confirm your call and election, for if you do this you will never fall;

2 Peter 1:11

so there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, beloved, since you wait for these, be zealous to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.