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And besides this, using all diligence, add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge,
Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;
For this very reason, applying your diligence [to the divine promises, make every effort] in [exercising] your faith to, develop moral excellence, and in moral excellence, knowledge (insight, understanding),
For this very reason, adding your diligence [to the divine promises], employ every effort in exercising your faith to develop virtue (excellence, resolution, Christian energy), and in [exercising] virtue [develop] knowledge (intelligence),
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,
This is why you must make every effort to add moral excellence to your faith; and to moral excellence, knowledge;
For this very reason, try your hardest to furnish your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,
Do your best to improve your faith by adding goodness, understanding,
But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,
and indeed for this very reason you having applied all diligence— in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue, knowledge;
And you, employing all care, minister in your faith, virtue; and in virtue, knowledge;
Because you have these blessings, do all you can to add to your life these things: to your faith add goodness; to your goodness add knowledge;
God has done all this to help you. So now that you believe in Christ, you must grow as believers. Try very much to do always what is good. Then you should grow to know God more and more.
And, for this very reason, after applying every effort, add moral excellence to your faith. To moral excellence, add knowledge.
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
·Because you have these blessings [L For this very reason; C the reasons stated in vv. 3–4], ·do your best [make every effort; strive] to ·add these things to [or increase these things in] your lives: to your faith, add ·goodness [virtue; moral excellence]; and to your ·goodness [virtue; moral excellence], add knowledge;
Therefore give even all diligence thereunto: join moreover virtue with your faith: and with virtue, knowledge:
Because of this, make every effort to add integrity to your faith; and to integrity add knowledge;
For this very reason do your best to add goodness to your faith; to your goodness add knowledge;
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,
Because you have these blessings, you should try as much as you can to add these things to your lives: to your faith, add goodness; and to your goodness, add knowledge;
For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,
For this very reason you must do your utmost from your side, and see that your faith carries with it real goodness of life. Your goodness must be accompanied by knowledge, your knowledge by self-control, your self-control by the ability to endure. Your endurance too must always be accompanied by devotion to God; that in turn must have in it the quality of brotherliness, and your brotherliness must lead on to Christian love.
¶ Ye also, giving all diligence to the same, show forth virtue in your faith; and in virtue, knowledge;
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,
and for this same reason, and by applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge,
But to obtain these gifts, you need more than faith; you must also work hard to be good, and even that is not enough. For then you must learn to know God better and discover what he wants you to do.
So don’t lose a minute in building on what you’ve been given, complementing your basic faith with good character, spiritual understanding, alert discipline, passionate patience, reverent wonder, warm friendliness, and generous love, each dimension fitting into and developing the others. With these qualities active and growing in your lives, no grass will grow under your feet, no day will pass without its reward as you mature in your experience of our Master Jesus. Without these qualities you can’t see what’s right before you, oblivious that your old sinful life has been wiped off the books.
For this reason make every effort to add virtue to your faith; and to your virtue, knowledge;
· For this very reason, · make every effort by · your faith to produce · virtue, by · · virtue · knowledge,
Because of this, make every effort to add integrity to your faith; and to integrity add knowledge;
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge,
Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,
Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,
In view of all this, you should make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
Because you have these blessings, do your best to add these things to your lives: to your faith, add goodness; and to your goodness, add knowledge;
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;
So you should try very hard to add goodness to your faith. To goodness, add knowledge.
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
Do your best to add holy living to your faith. Then add to this a better understanding.
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 give all diligence to this. To your faith add virtue, and to virtue knowledge,
For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge,
For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge,
For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge,
For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with excellence, and excellence with knowledge,
So, because of this, you should strain every nerve to supplement your faith with virtue, and your virtue with knowledge,
For this very reason, you must apply all zerizut (diligence) to supply emunah with midah hatov (the attribute of virtue), and midah hatov with da’as (knowledge),
Therefore, give all diligence to this. Moreover, join virtue with your faith; and with virtue, knowledge;
For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
Now for this very reason, making every effort, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
To achieve this, you will need to add virtue to your faith, and then knowledge to your virtue;
Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;
So now you believe, try to live a good life. When you live a good life, try to learn more about God.
And bring ye in all busyness, and minister in your faith virtue, and in virtue knowing [soothly in virtue science, or knowing];
And this same also -- all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,
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