For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;

I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.

May grace and peace be lavished on you as you grow in the rich knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men,

For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.