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Series: 2 Peter

Sermon: The Pattern for Godliness

Kevin DeYoungApril 4, 2010Sunday Evening

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Sermon Passage: 2 Peter 1:5-1:7
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2 Peter 1:5–7

5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue,1 and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

Footnotes

[1] 1:5 Or excellence; twice in this verse

Part 3 of 13 · 2 Peter

Contradictions That Aren’tMarch 21, 2010The Power for GodlinessMarch 28, 2010The Pattern for GodlinessApril 4, 2010The Premise for GodlinessApril 25, 2010Mind Your RemindersMay 2, 2010Eyewitnesses of MajestyMay 16, 2010Something More CertainJune 27, 2010Spotting False TeachersAugust 8, 2010Divine Rescue, Divine WrathAugust 15, 2010Blots and BlemishesAugust 29, 2010A Return to VomitSeptember 19, 2010God Is Not DeadOctober 10, 2010Grow in GodlinessNovember 21, 2010
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