4. In this way he has given us the very great and precious gifts he promised, so that by means of these gifts you may escape from the destructive lust that is in the world, and may come to share the divine nature.
5. For this very reason do your best to add goodness to your faith; to your goodness add knowledge;
6. to your knowledge add self-control; to your self-control add endurance; to your endurance add godliness;
7. to your godliness add Christian affection; and to your Christian affection add love.
8. These are the qualities you need, and if you have them in abundance, they will make you active and effective in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9. But those who do not have them are so short-sighted that they cannot see and have forgotten that they have been purified from their past sins.
10. So then, my brothers and sisters, try even harder to make God's call and his choice of you a permanent experience; if you do so, you will never abandon your faith.
11. In this way you will be given the full right to enter the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12. And so I will always remind you of these matters, even though you already know them and are firmly grounded in the truth you have received.
13. I think it only right for me to stir up your memory of these matters as long as I am still alive.
14. I know that I shall soon put off this mortal body, as our Lord Jesus Christ plainly told me.