² Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

³ as His ^(A)divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him ^(B)who called us by glory and virtue, ^4 (C)by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be ^(D)partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the ^[a]corruption that is in the world through lust.

Fruitful Growth in the Faith

⁵ But also for this very reason, ^(E)giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue ^(F)knowledge, ⁶ to knowledge self-control, to self-control ^[b]perseverance, to perseverance godliness, ⁷ to godliness brotherly kindness, and ^(G)to brotherly kindness love. ⁸ For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither ^[c]barren ^(H)nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ For he who lacks these things is ^(I)shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

^18 (A)but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

^(B)To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

^4 (A)since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of ^(B)your love for all the saints; ⁵ because of the hope ^(C)which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, ⁶ which has come to you, ^(D)as it has also in all the world, and ^(E)is bringing forth ^[a]fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew ^(F)the grace of God in truth;