Faith’s Ladder of Virtue 5So devote yourselvesm to lavishly supplementingn your faith with goodness,o and to goodness add understanding, 6and to understanding add the strength of self-control, and to self-control add patient endurance, and to patient endurance add godliness,p 7and to godliness add mercy toward your brothers and sisters,q and to mercy toward others add unending love.r 8Since these virtues are already planted deep within,s and you possess them in abundant supply,t they will keep you from being inactive or fruitless in your pursuit of knowing Jesus Christ more intimately. 9But if
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