Verse 5
5. And besides this Rather, Even for this very reason.
Giving The Greek means, bringing in by the side of. God has done his part, as shown in 2 Peter 1:3-4; now do you do your part in bringing your own diligence into action by the side of what he has done.
Add to your faith Rather, furnish in your faith; that is, in the exercise of your faith furnish, besides it, virtue. The verb originally means to furnish the musicians and equipments of a chorus. In this choir of Christian graces each added one, as Bengel suggests, prepares for the next, and corrects and perfects that which precedes. Faith is already in possession, (2 Peter 1:1;) but faith may become feeble or antinomian. Therefore, in its exercise, furnish virtue, or all moral excellence, especially courage to do and suffer. Lest virtue, unguarded, should be impulsive or rash, furnish in it knowledge of God, truth, self, and duty.
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