In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises.
Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral
excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control
with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness
with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. The
more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ