We are told that we should live by faith. How? Peter explains to us in 2 Peter 1:5-7, "Make every effort to add to your faith, goodness, and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance: and to perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love."