2Pe 1:5-7 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Pet 1:5-7: 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 ).

‏ 2 Peter 1:5-7

Summary for 2Pet 1:5-7: 1:5-7 ^a 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 ^b).