2 Peter 1:6
What meaning of the 2 peter 1:6 in the Bible?
What does 2 Peter 1:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;"
What does 2 Peter 1:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;"
Verse 6. _TEMPERANCE_] A proper and limited use of all earthly enjoyments, keeping every sense under proper restraints, and never permitting the animal part to subjugate the rational. _PATIENCE_] Bea...
AND TO KNOWLEDGE TEMPERANCE - On the meaning of the word “temperance,” see the Acts 24:25 note, and 1 Corinthians 9:25 note. The word here refers to the mastery over all our evil inclinations and appe...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE GRACIOUS PROVISIONS OF GOD CHAPTER 1 _ 1. God's gracious provisions in Christ (2 Peter 1:1)_ 2. The development of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:5) 3. The promises...
The author writes to those who possess a faith not less honourable (precious) than that of the apostles themselves, since they, too, possess all things pertaining to life and godliness. But effort on...
THE MAN WHO OPENED DOORS (2 Peter 1:1) _ 1:1 Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, writes this letter to those to whom there has been allotted a faith equal in honour and privilege wit...
TEMPERANCE. self-control. Greek. _enkrateia._ See Acts 24:25....
_and to knowledge temperance_ Better, as before, AND BY KNOWLEDGE TEMPERANCE. The word for "temperance" has a wider range than the modern sense of the English term. "_Self-government_" or "_self-contr...
ΓΝΩ͂ΣΙΣ. Mayor well compares John 7:17 ἐάν τις θέλῃ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν, γνώσεται περὶ τῆς διδαχῆς. Only, here, the knowledge that will come of ἀρετή is not only knowledge _about_ God, but knowledg...
ΕΓΚΡΆΤΕΙΑ (G1466) самоконтроль; _букв._ "удержание себя в рамках" (RWP; Galatians 5:23)....
DISCOURSE: 2419 THE CHRISTIAN’S GRACES 2 Peter 1:5. _Beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and...
TEMPERANCE— The word εγκρατεια sometimes signifies _abstinence from_ some particular _vice,_ and is used more especially for _continence_ or chastity: but it commonlysignifies abstinence or moderation...
2 PETER 1:5-7 YEA, AND FOR THIS VERY CAUSE ADDING ON YOUR PART ALL DILIGENCE, IN YOUR FAITH SUPPLY VIRTUE; AND IN YOUR VIRTUE KNOWLEDGE; AND IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE SELF-CONTROL; AND IN YOUR SELF-CONTROL PA...
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; [ En (G1722) ... engkrateian (G1466)], 'And in your knowledge self-control.' In the exercise of knowledge, or disce...
VERSE 6. AND TO KNOWLEDGE, TEMPERANCE. Temperance. This virtue consists in an ability to control yourself in all your conduct. This may be, and no doubt is, difficult, but the Christian is admonished...
1 The introduction of the name Simeon, before Peter, and slave in addition to apostle, gives us a clue to the character of this second epistle. The emphasis is laid on practice rather than precept. It...
1:6 temperance, (c-3) Or 'self control,' as Galatians 5:23 . 'Endurance' is _ hupomone_ . see James 5:7 ....
GREEETING. THANKSGIVING. EXHORTATION TO PROGEESS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM ONE WHO REMEMBERS JESUS CHRIST 2 Peter 1 may be subdivided into two parts: (_a_) 2 Peter 1:1, greeting followed by a declaration...
JESUS WILL RETURN PETER’S SECOND LETTER _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ ABOUT THIS LETTER THE WRITER Peter wrote this letter. His name used to be Simon, but Jesus changed it to Peter (John 1:42...
(3-11) Exhortation to progress in spiritual graces in order to win eternal life at Christ’s coming. God has given us all we need for salvation; let us profit by it, and show ourselves worthy of it....
CHAPTER 20 WHO SHALL ASCEND INTO THE HILL OF THE LORD? 2 Peter 1:5 THE Apostle has just set forth in all their fullness the riches of Divine grace: the precious faith, followed by the bestowal of al...
_Faith is not only illumination but character_. “Nor is this all. On your part bring the utmost earnestness to bear, and in your faith supply moral energy, and in your moral energy understanding, and...
THE RULE OF CHRISTIAN GROWTH 2 Peter 1:1/p> The keynote of this paragraph is _these things_, 2 Peter 1:8. _Precious faith_, 2 Peter 1:1, answers to _precious promises_, 2 Peter 1:4. Notice that God...
This Epistle was addressed to the same persons as was the first. Its purpose was to strengthen them in view of dangers threatening them within the Church. The apostle addressed them as having 'like pr...
SELF-CONTROL, PERSEVERANCE AND GODLINESS The fourth note is self-control, or as the King James has it, temperance (1 Corinthians 9:25-27; Acts 24:25; Galatians 5:23). As one grows in the knowledge of...
(6) And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; (6) He brings up certain and other principal virtues, of which some pertain to the first table of the law, othe...
"Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, (3) According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, throu...
In the second Epistle of Peter (and here I must be brief, because of the hour; and I may be brief because Jude will afford us a further consideration of it) we have the same substantial truth of God's...
_PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN LIFE_ ‘And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godlines...
The Second Epistle of Peter is even more simple than the First. Like those of Jude and John, it is written essentially with a view to the seducers, who, with large promises of liberty, beguiled souls...
AND TO KNOWLEDGE, TEMPERANCE,.... Avoiding all excess in eating and drinking, and all impure and unclean lusts; for it signifies nothing what a man knows, or professes to know, if his life is a scene...
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; Ver. 6. _And to knowledge, temperance_] That ye be wise to sobriety, not curiously searching into those things wher...
_And to knowledge, temperance_ This virtue consists in a confirmed habit of ruling all the affections, passions, and appetites of our nature in a proper manner, by placing our affections on proper obj...
THE OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED UPON THE BELIEVERS BY THE RICH PROMISES OF GOD. God's promises and the Christian virtues:...
Peter writes not only as an apostle (as in his first epistle), but as a bondman and apostle. So authority is not only stressed, but lowliness of subjection, a precious reminder in days of deter-mined...
_ 2 Peter 1:6 ‘and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness'_ ‘YOUR KNOWLEDGE' -This knowledge must be your own personal possession...
1-11 Faith unites the weak believer to Christ, as really as it does the strong one, and purifies the heart of one as truly as of another; and every sincere believer is by his faith justified in the s...
TEMPERANCE; a grace which represseth, and curbs in, not only sensual lusts, but all inordinate appetites, GALATIANS 5:22 TITUS 1:8. PATIENCE; that Christian fortitude whereby we hear afflictions and i...
2 Peter 1:6 G1161 to G1722 knowledge G1108 self-control G1466 G1161 to G1722 self-control G1466 perseverance G5281 G1161 to G1722 perseverance G5281 godliness G2150 temperance - Acts 24:25; 1 Corinth...
‘Yes, and for this very reason, adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge; and in your knowledge self-control; and in your self-control patient endur...
The writer starts at once, and in a somewhat abrupt and nervous fashion, with the great theme of advance in the spiritual life. He regards this as essential. He takes it for granted that it can be mad...
TEMPERANCE (την εγκρατειαν). Self-control. Old word (from εγκρατης, εν and κρατος, one holding himself in as in Titus 1:8), in N.T. only here, Acts 24:25; Galatians 5:23. The opposite of the πλεονε...
2 Peter 1:5 Christian Growth. The word in the text which has been translated in our version "add" is a very pictorial term, and refers to a choir of well-trained musicians, such as Heman or Asaph led...
2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, Peter was pleased to be able to write those words._ There was a time when he had thrice denied his Master, but now he is glad to c...
CONTENTS: The great Christian virtues. God's Word exalted. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Peter. CONCLUSION: The Christian should be diligent to add one Christian grace to another that he may bring glory...
2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter,_ the Greek is Symeon, as in two other places of the Greek text. _To them that have obtained like precious faith,_ the christians of every name. _Through the righteousness of...
SELF-CONTROL. See Romans 8:9 and note, Not _asceticism,_ but self-discipline. ENDURANCE. The active quality of holding firmly to the promises of Christ, confident that God rules and rewards! GODLINESS...
2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:3 God’s Grace in Christ Is the Source of Godly Living. In this first main section, Peter emphasizes that God’s grace results in godliness. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getEle...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 2 Peter 1:5. BESIDE THIS.—“Yea, and for this very cause,” “on this very account.” DILIGENCE.—Or earnestness; putting heart into effort. ADD.—Better as R.V., “in your f...
EXPOSITION 2 PETER 1:1 SIMON PETER. "Symeon" seems to be the best-supported spelling in this place. The same form of the name is found in Luke 2:25 and Acts 13:1; it also occurs in Acts 15:14, where...
Second Peter. Simon Peter (2 Peter 1:1), The name Simon, of course, was the given name. Peter is the name that Jesus gave to him. He is, a bondslave and an apostle (2 Peter 1:1) It seems that bond...
1 Corinthians 9:25; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Timothy 2:10; 1 Timothy 2:2; 1 Timothy 3:16; 1 Timothy 4:7; 1 Timothy 4:8; 1 Timothy 6:11; 1 Timothy 6:3;...
Temperance [ε γ κ ρ α τ ε ι α]. Self - control; holding the passions and desires in hand. See 1 Corinthians 9:25. Patience [υ π ο μ ο ν η ν]. Lit., remaining behind or staying, from menw, to wait. Not...
EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES 2 Peter 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is not the fact of exceeding great and precious promises which primarily concerns me; it is my entering into a personal reali...
And to your knowledge temperance; and to your temperance patience — Bear and forbear; sustain and abstain; deny yourself and take up your cross daily. The more knowledge you have, the more renounce yo...