2 Peter 1:3–11

³as His ^ddivine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him ^ewho called us by glory and virtue, ^4fby which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be ^gpartakers of the divine nature, having escaped the ³corruption that is in the world through lust.

Fruitful Growth in the Faith

⁵But also for this very reason, ^hgiving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue ⁱknowledge, ⁶to knowledge self-control, to self-control ⁴perseverance, to perseverance godliness, ⁷to godliness brotherly kindness, and ^jto brotherly kindness love. ⁸For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither ⁵barren ^knor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹For he who lacks these things is ^lshortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

¹⁰Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent ^mto make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; ¹¹for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.