2 Peter 1:3-9

Matthew(i) 3 Accordinge as hys godlye power hath geuen vnto vs al thinges that pertayne vnto lyfe and godlines, thorowe the knowledge of him that hath called vs by vertue & glory, 4 by the meanes, wherof are geuen vnto vs excellent and most great promises, that by the helpe of them ye should be partakers of the godly nature, in that ye flee the corruption of worldelye luste. 5 And herunto geue al diligence, in youre fayth, mynyster vertue, and in vertue knowledge, 6 and in knowledge temperancie, and in temperauncie, pacience, in pacience, Godlynes, 7 in Godlines brotherly kyndnes, in brotherlye kindnes, loue. 8 For yf these thinges be amonge you and are plenteous, they wyll make you, that ye neyther shalbe ydle nor vnfruteful in the knowledge of oure Lord Iesu Christe. 9 But he that lacketh these thinges, is blind and gropeth for the waye with his hand, and hath forgotten that he was pourged from his olde synnes.