Growth in Christian Virtue (Part 1) Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Growth in Christian Virtue (Part 1) ----------------------- Date: 05/29/1999 Keywords: "excellence" "godliness" "grace" "knowledge" "life" "peace" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: 2 Peter 1:2-8, especially verses 2-3* 2. Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3. seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 4. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. 5. Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge; 6. and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness; 7. and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, Christian love. 8. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Questions 1. What is the one key word that is repeated in both verses 2 and 3?   2. What comes with learning about God and Jesus?   Practical help Internet pornography promises good feelings but leaves you empty. Seeking to know more each day about who Jesus is and what He desires for your life will result in producing a quality life filled with peace. You have to choose which direction you will take. Tomorrow we will continue studying this passage. God Bless. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 1999 by eXXit *"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission."