Bible in Basic English
"So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,"
— 2 Peter 1:5, Bible in Basic English
“And beside this, giving 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; ”
“Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;”
May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;
And 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.
So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
For 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.