2 Peter 1:5-11

5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
8 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.
9 But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
10 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,
11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Cross References 13

  • 1. S ver 2; Colossians 2:3
  • 2. S Acts 24:25
  • 3. S Hebrews 10:36
  • 4. ver 3
  • 5. S Romans 12:10; 1 Thessalonians 3:12
  • 6. John 15:2; Colossians 1:10; Titus 3:14
  • 7. S ver 2
  • 8. 1 John 2:11
  • 9. Ephesians 5:26; S Matthew 1:21
  • 10. S Romans 8:28
  • 11. Psalms 15:5; 2 Peter 3:17; Jude 24
  • 12. Psalms 145:13; 2 Timothy 4:18
  • 13. 2 Peter 2:20; 2 Peter 3:18

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The Greek word for "brothers and sisters" ("adelphoi" ) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.
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