And beside this, giving all diligence] RV 'Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence.' God has granted all things, and for that very reason we must be diligent: cp. v. 10 and Philippians 2:12. Virtue must answer to glory, duty to grace. All this is just in the spirit of 1 Peter 1. Add to your faith virtue] RV 'in your faith supply virtue': cp. 2 Peter 1:11 (RV). The Christian life is not a mere adding of qualities together, but a growth. Virtue is in faith, as the flower is in the seed; the complete fruit is love: cp. 1 Timothy 1:5;

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