2 Peter 1:6

to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; ¹  to perseverance, godliness;

and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;

and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness,

Knowing God leads to self–control. Self–control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness.

alert discipline, passionate patience, reverent wonder,

And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,

and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness,

to knowledge self–control, to self–control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,

to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; ¹  to perseverance, godliness;

¹ tn Perhaps “steadfastness,” though that is somewhat archaic. A contemporary colloquial rendering would be “stick-to-it-iveness.”