- and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
- and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
- For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
- Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall,
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- and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness,
- and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.
- For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.
- Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;
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