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2 Peter 1:4-8 (AMP)

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⁴ By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature. ⁵ For this very reason, adding your diligence , employ every effort in exercising your faith to develop virtue (excellence, resolution, Christian energy), and in virtue knowledge (intelligence), ⁶ And in knowledge self-control, and in self-control steadfastness (patience, endurance), and in steadfastness godliness (piety), ⁷ And in godliness brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection Christian love. ⁸ For as these qualities are yours and increasingly abound in you, they will keep from being idle or unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 5) Growth / Maturity - Add to your faith, key to not falling
(v. 6) Growth / Maturity - Add to your faith, key to not falling
(v. 7) Growth / Maturity - Add to your faith, key to not falling
(v. 8) Growth / Maturity - Add to your faith, key to not falling

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 4) Heart of Maturity (Motivation of Maturing) (2010-04-28)
(v. 4) Why We Need Jesus - He Guides Us By His Words and Actions (2009-04-28)
(v. 4) Promises of God - Never Give Up (2009-04-16)
(v. 4) Promises of God - God Passes the Test (2009-04-13)
(v. 4) Growing (part II) (2011-12-01)
(v. 5) Growing (part II) (2011-12-01)
(v. 5) Day 40 - Good Heart, Good Deeds, Good Things (2012-01-12)
(v. 5) Mind of Christ - Intro (part VI) (2011-06-13)
(v. 5) Heart of Maturity (Motivation of Maturing) (2010-04-28)
(v. 5) 30 Days at the Cross - Nothing but the Best (2008-08-15)
(v. 5) Why We Need Jesus - He Guides Us By His Words and Actions (2009-04-28)
(v. 6) Mind of Christ - Intro (part VI) (2011-06-13)
(v. 6) Growing (part II) (2011-12-01)
(v. 6) Heart of Maturity (Motivation of Maturing) (2010-04-28)
(v. 6) 30 Days at the Cross - Nothing but the Best (2008-08-15)
(v. 6) Day 40 - Good Heart, Good Deeds, Good Things (2012-01-12)
(v. 6) Why We Need Jesus - He Guides Us By His Words and Actions (2009-04-28)
(v. 7) 30 Days at the Cross - Nothing but the Best (2008-08-15)
(v. 7) Mind of Christ - Intro (part VI) (2011-06-13)
(v. 7) Day 40 - Good Heart, Good Deeds, Good Things (2012-01-12)
(v. 7) Heart of Maturity (Motivation of Maturing) (2010-04-28)
(v. 7) Why We Need Jesus - He Guides Us By His Words and Actions (2009-04-28)
(v. 7) Growing (part II) (2011-12-01)
(v. 8) Growing (part II) (2011-12-01)
(v. 8) Mind of Christ - Intro (part VI) (2011-06-13)
(v. 8) Heart of Maturity (Motivation of Maturing) (2010-04-28)
(v. 8) Why We Need Jesus - He Guides Us By His Words and Actions (2009-04-28)
(v. 8) Day 40 - Good Heart, Good Deeds, Good Things (2012-01-12)

Definition(s):
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer