2 Peter

2 Peter:4-9

Through these things he has bestowed on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the worldly corruption that is produced by evil desire.

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowlege; to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perserverance; to perserverance, godliness; to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love.

For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intmately.

But concerning the one who lacks such things - he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins.

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Consider the sequence:

Faith
Excellence
Knowledge
Self-control
Perseverance
Godliness
Brotherly Affection
Unselfish Love