⁵ Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith ^(A)supply ^(B)moral ^[a]excellence, and in your moral excellence, ^(C)knowledge, ⁶ and in your knowledge, ^(D)self-control, and in your self-control, ^(E)perseverance, and in your perseverance, ^(F)godliness, ⁷ and in your godliness, ^(G)brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. ⁸ For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor ^(H)unfruitful in the true ^(I)knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ For he who lacks these qualities is ^(J)blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his ^(K)purification from his former sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His ^(L)calling and ^(M)choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never ^(N)stumble;