The document emphasizes that God has provided everything necessary for living a godly life through His divine power, encouraging believers to actively grow in their faith by adding virtues such as moral excellence, knowledge, and love. It highlights the importance of diligence in developing one's spiritual character, assuring that those who do so will not fall away and will ultimately receive an eternal reward. The text also reinforces the idea that genuine faith leads to good deeds and spiritual maturity.

2. GROW
In godly living

3. By his divine power, God has given us
everything we need for living a godly life.
We have received all of this by coming to
know him, the one who called us to himself
by means of his marvelous glory and
excellence. And because of his glory and
excellence, he has given us great and
precious promises. These are the promises
that enable you to share his divine nature
and escape the world’s corruption
caused by human desires.
2 Peter 1:3-11

4. In view of all this, make every effort to
respond to God’s promises. Supplement
your faith with a generous provision of
moral excellence, and moral excellence with
knowledge, and knowledge with selfcontrol, and self-control with patient
endurance, and patient endurance with
godliness, and godliness with brotherly
affection, and brotherly affection with love
for everyone.
2 Peter 1:3-11

5. The more you grow like this, the more
productive and useful you will be in your
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But
those who fail to develop in this way are
short sighted or blind, forgetting that they
have been cleansed from their old sins.
So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to
prove that you really are among those God
has called and chosen. Do these things, and
you will never fall away. Then God will
give you a grand entrance into the
eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:3-11

6. 5 TRUTHS AND A PROMISE
1. We have all we need to live a godly life.
2. We have God’s divine nature.
3. We need to make every effort to
grow.
4. We need to add to your faith to
grow.
4. Work hard at living godly
The Promise
Do these things and you will never fall away.

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We have all we need for living a godly life
By his divine power, God has given
us everything we need for living a
godly life.
2 Peter 1:3

8. We have all we need for living a godly life
This is the covenant I will establish...
I will put my laws in their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
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Hebrews 8:10-11

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We have God’s divine nature
These are the promises that enable
you to share his divine nature and
escape the world’s corruption caused
by human desires.
2 Peter 1:4

10. We have God’s divine nature
To God’s elect... who have been chosen
according to the foreknowledge of God
the Father, through the sanctifying work
of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus
Christ.
1 Peter 1:1-2
For those God foreknew he also
predestined to be conformed to the
image of his Son.
Romans 8:29

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We need to make every effort to grow
[5] In view of all this, make every effort to
respond to God’s promises... [8] The
more you grow like this, the more
productive and useful you will be in your
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:5&8

12. We need to make every effort to grow
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual
milk, so that by it you may grow up in
your salvation.
1 Peter 2:2

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We need to add to faith to grow
Supplement [Add to] your faith with a
generous provision of moral excellence,
knowledge, self-control, patient
endurance, godliness, brotherly
affection, and love for everyone.
2 Peter 1:5-7

14. We need to add to our faith to grow
We are saved so that we can grow to
resemble Christ and so that we can serve
others. God wants to produce his character in
us. But to do this, he demands our discipline
and effort. As we obey Christ we will develop
self-control. Our faith must go beyond what
we believe; it must become a dynamic part of
all we do, resulting in good fruit and spiritual
maturity. Salvation does not depend on good
deeds, but it results in good deeds. A person
who claims to be saved while
remaining unchanged does not understand
faith or what God has done for him or her.

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Work hard at living godly
Work hard to prove that you really are
among those God has called and
chosen.
2 Peter 1:10

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Do these things and you will not fall away
Do these things, and you will never fall
away. Then God will give you a grand
entrance into the eternal Kingdom.
2 Peter 1:10-11