incurred for giving a performance on stage. In other words, the choirmaster added his financial contribution to the amount the state supplied.30 This verb to add, then, signifies that the believer contributes lavishly to the work of his salvation. Peter presents a list of eight virtues, of which faith is the first and love the last (compare Gal. 5:6, 22). These are the first three virtues: Faith Faith is the personal reliance of the believer (see also v. 1). It is his subjective trust in his Lord