^3 (A)Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our ^(B)common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you ^(C)contend earnestly for ^(D)the faith that was once for all time ^(E)handed down to ^(F)the ^[a]saints.

²⁰ But you, ^(A)beloved, ^(B)building yourselves up on your most holy ^(C)faith, ^(D)praying in the Holy Spirit,

⁵ Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith ^(A)supply ^(B)moral ^[a]excellence, and in your moral excellence, ^(C)knowledge, ⁶ and in your knowledge, ^(D)self-control, and in your self-control, ^(E)perseverance, and in your perseverance, ^(F)godliness, ⁷ and in your godliness, ^(G)brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. ⁸ For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they do not make you useless nor ^(H)unproductive in the true ^(I)knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.