{"id":9160,"date":"2022-10-26T03:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T03:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=9160"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:33:48","slug":"divine-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=9160","title":{"rendered":"DIVINE MATH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond being one of the fruits of the Spirit, the Greek work <i>egkrates (<\/i>self-control) shows up in another important passage.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a look at the divine math in 2 Peter 1:5b-9 &#8211;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>5b Make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, <b>self-control<\/b>; and to <b>self-control<\/b>, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Here is the equation:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Faith\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0+ Virtue\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 + Knowledge\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0+ SELF-CONTROL\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 + Perseverance<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0+ Godliness\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 + Brotherly Kindness\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0+ Love<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0= Effective and Productive in Christ<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond being one of the fruits of the Spirit, the Greek work egkrates (self-control) shows up in another important passage.\u00a0 Take a look at the divine math in 2 Peter 1:5b-9 &#8211;\u00a0 5b Make every effort to add to your faith virtue; 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