2 Peter 1:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ αὐτὸ τοῦτο δὲ, σπουδὴν πᾶσαν παρεισενέγκαντες, ἐπιχορηγήσατε ἐν τῇ πίστει ὑμῶν τὴν ἀρετήν· ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀρετῇ τὴν γνῶσιν·

Transliteration

And auto touto de, spoudēn pasan having supplied, epichorēgēsate in the pistei of you the aretēn; and in the aretē the gnōsin;

Grammar Details

*auto touto*: accusative, neuter, singular - 'this very thing'
*de*: conjunction/particle - 'but/and/now'
*spoudēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - diligence/earnestness
*pasan*: accusative, feminine, singular - all/every
παρεισενέγκαντες: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - 'having brought in/supplied'
*epichorēgēsate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - 'supply/furnish'
*pistei*: dative, feminine, singular - faith
*aretēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - virtue/excellence
*aretē*: dative, feminine, singular - virtue/excellence
*gnōsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - knowledge

Word Meanings

*spoudēn*: diligence/earnestness/eagerness/effort
*pasan*: all/every/whole
*epichorēgēsate*: supply/furnish/provide abundantly
*pistei*: faith/belief/trust
*aretēn*: virtue/moral excellence/goodness
*gnōsin*: knowledge/understanding

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Phil 4:8 : 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
2 Pet 1:2-3 : 2 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, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Phil 1:9 : 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Phil 2:12 : 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Heb 6:11 : 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
Heb 11:6 : 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
2 Pet 3:14 : 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Eph 1:17-18 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Isa 55:2 : 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Ps 119:4 : 4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
John 6:27 : 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Col 2:3 : 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Col 1:9 : 9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
Luke 24:21 : 21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
Zech 6:15 : 15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.
Luke 16:26 : 26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
1 Pet 3:7 : 7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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