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2 Peter 1:5–7

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5Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith asupply bmoral 1excellence, and in your moral excellence, cknowledge,

6and in your knowledge, aself-control, and in your self-control, bperseverance, and in your perseverance, cgodliness,

7and in your godliness, abrotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.

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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 …

Footnotes

  1. 1Or virtue

Cross references

  1. a2 Pet 1:11
  2. b2 Pet 1:3
  3. cCol 2:3; 2 Pet 1:2
  4. aActs 24:25
  5. bLuke 21:19
  6. c2 Pet 1:3
  7. aRom 12:10; 1 Pet 1:22

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, 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.

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; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.