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2 Peter 1:5-7

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5 So don't lose a minute in building on what you've been given, complementing your basic faith with good character, spiritual understanding,
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
6 alert discipline, passionate patience, reverent wonder,
6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
7 warm friendliness, and generous love, each dimension fitting into and developing the others.
7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
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