To prepare for this Bible study, please read the women in Christ commentary, And To Goodness, Knowledge .

1. II Peter 1:2-5, 8, 12, 16-17; 3:18; John 5:39-40; John 17:3; Philippians 3:7-11 What is the kind of knowledge Peter exhorts us to increase? Why is this kind of knowledge important? How does it differ from a collection of facts?

2. II Peter 2:18-22; 3:17; Psalm 119:9-16; Acts 17:11; II Timothy 3:16-17 What other kind of knowledge do we need to increase? Why is this important?

3. James 1:22-27; Matthew 7:21-23; I John 2:3-6; Isaiah 59:2 How does the practice of Biblical truth we know affect knowing God--our relationship with him? Can we know God if we refuse to do what he commands? Explain.

4. I Corinthians 8:1-3; 13:1-2; Philippians 1:9-11; I John 4:7-8; Luke 18:9-14 What quality must accompany knowledge? What is spiritually dangerous in relying only on knowledge of scripture?

5. Ephesians 4:13-16; Colossians 1:9-12; 3:9-10 What is the result of knowing God and Jesus Christ?

6. I Timothy 2:4; II Timothy 2:25-26; Titus 1:1-3; Hebrews 10:26-27; John 14:6 How does “the knowledge of the truth” relate to “the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord?”

7. How can you add knowledge in increasing measure to your faith?