⁵And beside this, giving all diligence, ⁿadd to your faith virtue; and to virtue ^oknowledge; ⁶And to knowledge ^ptemperance; and to temperance ^qpatience; and to patience ^fgodliness; ⁷And to ^fgodliness ^rbrotherly kindness; and ^sto brotherly kindness ^tcharity.

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2 Peter 1:5: For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge …

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nSee ver. 11.
o 1 Pet. 3:7. ch. 3:18. See 1 Cor. 12:8.
pSee Acts 24:25.
qSee James 1:3.
fver. 6, 7. ch. 3:11. Acts 3:12 (Gk.). See 1 Tim. 2:10.
fver. 6, 7. ch. 3:11. Acts 3:12 (Gk.). See 1 Tim. 2:10.
rSee Heb. 13:1.
sSee Gal. 6:10.

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t 1 Cor. 13:13.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

NLTNew Living Translation

In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and for this same reason, and by applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge, and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness, and with godliness, brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love.