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For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness...
2 Peter 1:5 CSB
For this very reason...takes us back to the previous verses about sharing in the divine nature, about living in, and living out God's promises, and about life and godliness.
Faith is required first.  Peter's first letter was all about Jesus. 
Our Living Hope.
Verses 1&2 frame this letter that it's all about faith in Jesus. 
Jesus as Lord.
(Creator & sustainer of all that we see and can discover in this universe)
Jesus as Saviour.
(shrunk himself, constrained into a human body He entered his creation and gave himself, so that we might live)
Add to this faith then, goodness. 
We can all do good things, but this is about more than that, this is about character, who we are, who we are becoming.
Moral goodness is the meaning here. 
And for that we need an external reference. We can't rely on our own judgement for what is good or not.
God's word, Jesus words and life are our framework for goodness.
This is not about rules, but about walking together with Jesus, learning what goodness is, and living it out.
#walkwithJesus
#lovelikeJesus

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