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Podcast: Community Bible Church
Episode: What is faith and what does it mean to supplement it with virtue?
Description: In 2 Peter 1:5-7, Peter encourages the believers in his day—and us today—to supplement their faith with virtue. What does he mean by "supplement"? And why does he start with "virtue"?
In recent years, we have made "belief" and "faith" synonymous, but is there a critical difference between the two that can actually help us understand why it's so important for Peter to communicate this to a group of believers who went from external threat (the persecution from Rome in 1 Peter) to internal threat (the rise of false teachers addressed in 2 Peter).