KJV:
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
NASB:
Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,
KJV:
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
NASB:
Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.