⁵and for this same reason, and by^* applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge, ⁶and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness,

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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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*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“applying”) which is understood as means

In other versions

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,

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;

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,

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,

KJV 1900King James Version

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

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