… to add to your faith goodness …
Summary: Faith is that precious gift of knowing Jesus Christ personally. Goodness is what we do with it.
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2 Peter 1:5b — Exercise
… make every effort …
Summary: This simple phrase, “Make every effort,” is translated from a Greek word that requires speed in our response, diligence in our application, and eagerness in our attitude.
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For this very reason …
Summary: This conjunctive phrase connects the reasons for living a godly life to the need to live a godly life.
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… having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
Summary: As we read Peter’s words, it is important to remember that we exist in two forms at once. We are both flesh and spirit.
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… having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
Summary: Peter points to something that may not be obvious because like a fish in water, we are immersed in our culture’s sin.
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… so that through them you may participate in the divine nature …
Summary: How is it possible that we can participate in God’s divine nature? How is it possible that a hundred choral voices can join into one? There is a parallel here that might help us understand this passage.
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… he has given us his very great and precious promises …
Summary: Peter is writing us a letter, but he is not a writer. His thoughts might seem a bit disconnected to us two thousand years later. (They might have seemed disconnected to his first readers, too.) Yet, if we give Peter a bit of grace, the meaning of his words shines very brightly.
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Through these …
Summary: Stopping to examine these two words leads to an interesting study in cause and effect. What has Peter talked about so far that enables God to give us his promises?
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… through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
Summary: Peter reminds us that the reason for Jesus to be born as a human here on earth was to establish a new covenant that replaced the old.
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… has given us everything we need for a godly life …
Summary: What is a godly life? It is a question we should spend some time thinking about. Jesus is God, so we know that we should be like him, but are we to be like him in every way?
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