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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.