…in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Summary: There is knowledge, and there is knowledge. The kind of knowledge Peter is talking about is precise and detailed.
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2 Peter 1:8c — Growing Fruit
…and unproductive…
Summary: Productivity is not really a biblical concept, but fruitfulness is. Peter is helping us understand the kind of person Jesus wants us to be.
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… they will keep you from being ineffective …
Summary: The Greek word for “ineffective” can also be translated as “lazy.” Peter is helping us to avoid being a lazy Christian.
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For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure …
Summary: Talking blind is like walking blind, only with your mouth. When we talk about spiritual things, we are talking about the unseen. If we are not quoting the Bible, which is our only source of accurate information about spiritual things, then we are making things up.
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… and to mutual affection, love.
Summary: Peter has taken us up the mountain with him, and in today’s passage, he shows us the peak.
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… and to godliness, mutual affection …
Summary: The humanist approach to life is very different that the direction we get from God.
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… and to perseverance, godliness;
Summary: Cleanliness may be next to godliness, but the two words mean very different things.
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… and to self-control, perseverance …
Summary: Self-control is not just a one-time thing. Real self-control extends through time.
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… and to knowledge, self-control;
Summary: Without knowledge, we have no reason to use self-control. Without faith, we cannot know what knowledge to believe and use.
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… and to goodness, knowledge …
Summary: Human knowledge is every bit as reliable as humans. Goodness is a reflection of God’s love for us. There is a reason that Peter adds goodness to our faith before knowledge.
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