2 Peter 1:6-10
2 Peter 1:6
add to knowledge, self-control; add to self-control, patience; add to patience, reverence;
2 Peter 1:7
add to reverence, affection for fellow-believers, add to affection for fellow-believers, love.
2 Peter 1:8
The more you have these qualities, the more they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:9
For anyone who doesn't have such qualities is short-sighted, or blind. They forget that they've been cleansed from their past sins.
2 Peter 1:10
So, brothers and sisters, be all the more determined to make sure you are truly “called and chosen.” If you do this, you won't ever fall.