⁵ For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;^{(A) 6} and to knowledge, self-control;^(B) and to self-control, perseverance;^(C) and to perseverance, godliness;^{(D) 7} and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.^{(E) 8} For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive^(F) in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.^{(G) 9} But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind,^(H) forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.^(I)

¹⁰ Therefore, my brothers and sisters,^[a] make every effort to confirm your calling^(J) and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,^{(K) 11} and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom^(L) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.^(M)

Prophecy of Scripture

¹² So I will always remind you of these things,^(N) even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth^(O) you now have. ¹³ I think it is right to refresh your memory^(P) as long as I live in the tent of this body,^{(Q) 14} because I know that I will soon put it aside,^(R) as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.^{(S) 15} And I will make every effort to see that after my departure^(T) you will always be able to remember these things.