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What a difference a word makes. 2 Peter 1:5 says that we must supply a variety of spiritual disciplines. Does that mean our spiritual maturity is a result of our personal strength? Do we need to figure out strategies to be more self-controlled or loving? Is our success or failure up to us alone? What, and how much, do we actually contribute to our spiritual lives? These questions and more drove my study into everything implied by a single word. Join me as I walk you through how I studied this passage, what I discovered, and the challenge I faced when I understood what God inspired Peter to write.

What's the "Therefore" There For? https://onwardinthefaith.com/whats-the-therefore-there-for/

00:00 Intro

01:25 The verse that almost broke my theology

02:47 How we might read 2 Peter 1:5

06:20 Join me in my own study of the passage

07:46 Step 1: "For this very reason"

08:58 Back to 2 Peter 1:2-4 for context

12:12 "For this very reason also, applying all diligence"

12:35 "in your faith supply moral excellence"

13:53 Step 2: Defining "supply"

15:56 How the audience understood the term

17:03 What "supply" means for us

20:13 Supplying for "moral excellence"

22:40 Supplying for "knowledge"

25:50 Supplying for "self-control"

28:35 Supplying for "perseverance"

35:04 Supplying for "godliness"

38:26 Supplying for "brotherly kindness" (and love, because I struggled to discuss one without the other)

47:42 Supplying for [brotherly] "love"

49:18 Why we care about supplying for these things

57:13 What happens when we don't supply for these things

59:00 Final challenge

1:00:08 Wrapping up my study on 2 Peter 1:5

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