These are the seven qualities we are instructed to add to our faith after we become a Christian:
If all these things are in you and growing, you will never fail to be useful to God. You will produce the kind of fruit (attitudes and actions) that should come from your knowledge of your Lord Jesus Christ and your faith in Him.
Because of all your blessings, “be diligent” and make every effort to add these things to your life: (adapted from 2 Peter 1:5-7 ERV with notes added)
To your faith (belief, trust and complete confidence in Christ) add goodness (moral excellence, the nature of God);
To your goodness add knowledge (insight & understanding, by reading God’s Word every day, without exception);
To your knowledge add self-control (discipline, doing things the way the are supposed to be done; restraint);
To your self-control add patience (a good attitude when waiting; steadfast and calm despite opposition, difficulty, adversity or inconvenience);
To your patience add Godliness (simply put, it’s living a fruitful and obedient Christian life, devotion to God; a relationship to God that drives a different behavior from the inside-out, Christ-like character reflected in your attitudes & actions… what you say and do);
To your Godliness add kindness (friendly and forgiving; brotherly affection to whoever crosses your path) toward your brothers and sisters in Christ;
And to this kindness add [Christian] love (Love means that someone is very important to you, a very high priority, which is expressed in how you treat them and what you do for them; serving God and others by putting their interests before your own; that is, learn to unselfishly seek the best for others and to do things for their benefit).”
Commit this to memory: To your faith add goodness; to your goodness add knowledge; to your knowledge add self-control; to your self-control add patience; to your patience add Godliness; to your Godliness add kindness and to this kindness add love.
“God called you and chose you to be His. Do your best to live in a way that shows you really are God’s called and chosen people. If you do all this, you will never stumble or fall.” (2 Peter 1:10; emphasis added)
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