Self-Control 2 Peter 1:5-8 (Click on any Bible link in this article and you may choose to read the verses from other translations) 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in
2 Peter 1:5-8 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. This passage doesn’t ask much does it? (I ask with my tongue in my cheek.) This list of virtues can be a bit overwhelming at first glance. This is such a huge passage to get my mind around, but as I look at it, I recognize a growing kind of pattern to the list: We start with proclaiming