4And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.
5So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
6And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
7And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
8For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.
10For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
