2 Peter 1:5-9

New American Standard Bible

⁵Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith ^(A)supply ^(B)moral ^[a]excellence, and in your moral excellence, ^(C)knowledge, ⁶and in your knowledge, ^(D)self-control, and in your self-control, ^(E)perseverance, and in your perseverance, ^(F)godliness, ⁷and in your godliness, ^(G)brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. ⁸For 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. ⁹For the one who lacks these qualities is ^(J)blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his ^(K)purification from his former sins.

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2 Peter 1:5 Or virtue

2 Peter 1:5-9

International Standard Version

⁵For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge, ⁶your knowledge with self-control, your self-control with endurance, your endurance with godliness, ⁷your godliness with brotherly kindness, and your brotherly kindness with love. ⁸For if you possess these qualities, and if they continue to increase among you, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in attaining a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.^[a] ⁹For the person who lacks these qualities is blind and shortsighted, and has forgotten the cleansing that he has received from his past sins.

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2 Peter 1:8 Or Christ

2 Peter 1:5-9

New International Version

⁵For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;^(A) ⁶and to knowledge, self-control;^(B) and to self-control, perseverance;^(C) and to perseverance, godliness;^(D) ⁷and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.^(E) ⁸For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive^(F) in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.^(G) ⁹But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind,^(H) forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.^(I)