5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
2 Peter 1:5–7
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2 Corinthians 6:5–7
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2 Peter 3:17–18
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Galatians 5:21–23
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2 Corinthians 8:6–8
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1 Timothy 6:10–12
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2 Peter 1:10–12
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Colossians 3:13–15
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Ephesians 5:8–10
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, 9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. 10 Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
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