Translations
Louis Segond 1910
à cause de cela même, faites tous vos efforts pour joindre à votre foi la vertu, à la vertu la science,
KJV
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
à cause de cela même, faites tous vos efforts pour joindre à votre foi la vertu, à la vertu la science,
KJV
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
Origen
Fragmenta In Lucam (In Catenis)
γραφήν, ἀγαφέροντα τὸ >πιστὸς οὔτε ἐφ’ ἑρέραν τὸ >φρόνιμος< καθὰ πάντως ὁ πιστὸς φρόνι- k* _ 3 vgl. 2 Petr. 1, 5 (?) μός ἐστι καὶ ἀνάπαλιν ὁ φρόνιμος πιστός, τῷ ἀντακολουθεῖν τὰς ἀρετάς. Ἀλλ' ὥσπερ τὸ >φρόνιμος< ὄνομα κεῖταί ποτε οὐ κατὰ τὸν πεπεισμένον ἀρετη τῇ φρονήσει, ἀλλ' εἰ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
abstinence excludes humility. Therefore abstinence is not a virtue. On the contrary, It is written ( 2 Pet. 1:5,6 ): "Join with your faith virtue, and with virtue knowledge, and with knowledge abstinence"; where abstinence is numbered among other virtues. Therefore abstinence is…
Leo the Great + Gregory the Great
NPNF-212. Leo the Great, Gregory the Great
1 Peter 1:2 1:13 1:18 2:6 2:9 2:9 2:9 2:11 2:11 2:21-24 3:14 3:15 4:11 4:11 5:1 5:3 5:8 5:8 5:9 5:9 2 Peter 1:5 2:16 2:21 2:22 1 John 1:7 2:4 2:6 2:18 2:19 3:2 3:8 3:14 3:15 4:2-3 4:2-3 4:4 4:4 4:4 4:18 4:19 4:19 5:4-8 5:8 5:19 5:20 5:20 17:11 Revelation 3:2 3:11 3:15-16 3:18 3:1…
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