2 Peter 1:5

Verse 5. And beside this] Notwithstanding what God hath done for you, in order that ye may not receive the grace of God in vain;

Giving all diligence] Furnishing all earnestness and activity: the original is very emphatic.

Add to your faith] επιχορηγησατε. Lead up hand in hand; alluding, as most think, to the chorus in the Grecian dance, who danced with joined hands. 2 Corinthians 9:10.

Your faith - That faith in Jesus by which ye have been led to embrace the whole Gospel, and by which ye have the evidence of things unseen.

Virtue] αρετην. Courage or fortitude, to enable you to profess the faith before men, in these times of persecution.

Knowledge] True wisdom, by which your faith will be increased, and your courage directed, and preserved from degenerating into rashness.