2 Peter 1:6

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Summary

2 Peter 1:6

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

Temperance

Titus 2:2

Patience

Godliness

General references

Luke 1:75

Bible References

Temperance

And as he reasoned about morality, self-control, and the future judgment, Felix was terrified, and said, "For the present go on your way, and when I find a convenient season, I will send for you."

Every man who contends in the games continually trains himself by all manner of self-restraint. Now they do it to get a fading garland, but we, one that is unfading.

against such there is no law.

but he must be hospitable, a lover of the good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled.

that the older men be self-controlled, serious and sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

Patience

"And that in the good soil is those who have listened to the message and, in an honest and good heart, hold fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.

"In your patience you shall purchase your souls.

eternal life to those who by patience in well-doing strive for glory and honor and immortality;

And not only so, but we are actually exulting also even in our troubles; for we know that trouble works fortitude,

Who hopes for what he clearly sees? But if we hope for something that we do not see, we then patiently wait for it.

For everything that was written of old has been written for our instruction, that through patience, and through the comfort of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

but in every way I am striving to commend myself as God's minister by stedfast endurance, by afflictions, by troubles, by distresses,

that you may be strengthened in every kind of strength by the might of his glory for every kind of patience and fortitude with good cheer.

as I call to mind your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father.

So that I myself am boasting about you among the churches of God, boasting of the stedfastness and faith which you are displaying in all the troubles and afflictions which you are enduring.

May the Lord incline your hearts to the love of God and to the stedfastness of Christ.

Then do not become slack, but be imitators of those who through faith and patience are inheriting the promises.

For you need stedfastness, so that after having done the will of God, you may receive the promise,

Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

because you know that the testing of your faith is working out endurance.

Be patient, then, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold the farmer who waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it gets the early and the latter rains.

I, John, who am your brother and who share with you in the woes and kingdom and stedfastness of Jesus, found myself in the island called Patmos, for the sake of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

I know your works and your toil and stedfastness, and that you cannot endure evil men, and that you tested those who called themselves apostles, though they are not, and how you found them false.

Whoever is destined to go into captivity, goes into captivity. Whoever shall kill with the sword, shall surely be killed by the sword. (Here is the endurance and faith of the saints.)

Here is the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Godliness

For his power divine has granted to us everything needful for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue.

Now since all things are in the process of dissolution, what kind of men ought you to be, in all holy living and piety;

for kings and all who are in authority, in order that we may lead a tranquil and peaceful life in all godliness an gravity.

Yes! without contradiction, great is the mystery of godliness!

Ever reject these profane and old womanish myths; and continually train yourself for the contest of godliness.

If any one teaches heterodoxy, and refuses to consent to the wholesome words of the Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teachings of religion,

For although they keep up the outward form of religion, they deny its power.

To Titus, my true son in a common faith, from Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and to the knowledge of the truth which goes with piety;

General references

"In holiness and righteousness before him All our days.