5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,

5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

5 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,

5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,

5 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;

5 Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;

5 But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,

5 Because of this, make every effort to add integrity to your faith; and to integrity add knowledge;

5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,

5 For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge,

5 and for this same reason, and by applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge,

5 So you should try very hard to add goodness to your faith. To goodness, add knowledge.

5 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,

6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,

6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness,

6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,

6 and to your knowledge, add self-control; and to your self-control, add patience; and to your patience, add service for God;

6 and in your knowledge self-control; and in your self-control patience; and in your patience godliness;

6 in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,

6 to knowledge add self-control; to self-control add endurance; to endurance add godliness;

6 knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness,

6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness,

6 and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness,

6 To knowledge, add the ability to control yourselves. To the ability to control yourselves, add the strength to keep going. To the strength to keep going, add godliness.

6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness,