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 do not make you useless nor ^(H)unproductive in the true ^(I)knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ For the one who has entered His rest has himself also ^(A)rested from his works, as ^(B)God did from His. ¹¹ Therefore let’s make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same ^(C)example of ^(D)disobedience.