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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Peter 1:5

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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1:5-7 The stair-step structure of these verses, with each virtue leading to another, is a common literary device called a sorites. The sequence in such passages is not stressed—e.g., Peter does not imply that moral excellence must come before knowledge. Yet love is the pinnacle of the virtues (1:7).
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