I Peter 1:3-8 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add (
Link - epichoregeo- furnish a chorus)
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. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Recipe for Fruitfulness
Ingredients to add:
Start with faith - believing
- Virtue - quality, spiritual excellence
- Knowledge - clear and precise understanding
- Temperance - self-control
- Patience - enduring, remaining after others have gone
- Godliness - a true vital relationship with God (link - eusebeia)
- Brotherly kindness - brotherly love, love of the brethren
- Charity - the love of God
Stir with diligence (haste in earnestness)
Two figures of speech in this - Polysyndeton (many ands) actually seven, all that is included in and follows verse 3 and Climax- 7-fold (from faith to charity)
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