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For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
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and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
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and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
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For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
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Therefore, my brothers and sisters,[a] make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,
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and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.