001:006 along with knowledge, self-control; along with self-control,
power of endurance;
001:007 along with power of endurance, godliness; along with godliness,
brotherly affection; and along with brotherly affection, love.
001:008 If these things exist in you, and continually increase,
they prevent your being either idle or unfruitful in advancing
towards a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
001:009 For the man in whom they are lacking is blind and cannot see
distant objects, in that he has forgotten that he has been
cleansed from his old sins.
001:010 For this reason, brethren, be all the more in earnest to make sure that God has called you and chosen you; for it is certain that so long as you practise these things, you will never stumble.
001:011 And so a triumphant admission into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be freely granted to you.
001:012 For this reason I shall always persist in reminding you of these things, although you know them and are stedfast believers in truth which you already possess.
001:013 But I think it right, so long as I remain in the body, my present dwelling-place, to arouse you by such reminders.
001:014 For I know that the time for me to lay aside my body is now rapidly drawing near, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has revealed to me.
001:015 So on every possible occasion I will also do my best to enable you to recall these things after my departure.