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2 Peter 1:6

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temperance: Acts 24:25; 1 Corinthians 9:25; Galatians 5:23; Titus 1:8, Titus 2:2

godliness: 2 Peter 1:3, 2 Peter 3:11; Genesis 5:24; Isaiah 57:1; 1 Timothy 2:2, 1 Timothy 2:10, 1 Timothy 3:16, 1 Timothy 4:7-8, 1 Timothy 6:3, 1 Timothy 6:6, 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 3:5; Titus 1:1

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