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 \v 7 to godliness add brotherly affection, and to brotherly affection add love.
 
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-\v 8 If these things are in you and grow in you, you will not be barren or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+\v 8 If these things are in you and grow in you, they will keep you from being barren or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 \v 9 But whoever lacks these things is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten he has been cleansed from his past sins.
 
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