ektenos describes the earnest manner of love and prayer in the two attested verses.

The attested adverb describes an earnest manner in two settings: mutual love in 1 Peter 1:22 and the assembly's prayer for Peter in Acts 12:5.

1. Earnest manner in love and prayer · dominant

   In 1 Peter 1:22, the adverb qualifies the command to love one another, within a clause about purified souls, obedience to truth, and sincere brotherly love; the APB renders the clause "love one another fervently from the heart." In Acts 12:5, it qualifies the assembly's prayer to God while Peter is kept in prison; the APB says that prayer "was being made fervently" for him.

   1 Peter 1:22Acts 12:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "fervently" in both verses, once for mutual love and once for prayer. This repeated wording confirms the verse-level presentation rather than fixing a finer distinction.