In view of what?

In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. (2 Peter 1:5-7 NLT)

In view of what? "God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence." (vs.3) We have been given everything (not some things and not the others), but everything we need in order to live godly and upright lives. In view of being given so much (all we will ever need), we are called to respond to God in a positive and 'actionable' manner.

Faith is good, but it should lead to moral excellence, increasing knowledge, self-control in increasing measures, and eventually lead us into a more positive relationship with those around us. Are we told to get more 'knowledge'? No, we are told to allow the knowledge God brings into our lives to positively affect our lives, changing us from the inside out until that knowledge is evident in practice. Knowledge without any action is just plain old 'learning' like we'd get in school, half of which we no longer use in our lives today!

Patient endurance follows closely after increased self-control. Why? When we can control our own emotions, desires, and attitudes, we find it much easier to face other types of issues that come up in our lives. We can endure not only hardships, but also relationship ups and downs. We are not tolerant of sin, but we become less critical of sin and more loving toward the sinner. In other words, the judgment of another's actions seems less important to us than the intense need of their soul to find similar faith.

Godliness is really the culmination of all the gifts of God in our lives. We find hope in his promises, trust in his instructions, and live by a 'code of conduct' that might just stand out a little from the way we used to live and make our choices. In turn, we embrace his teachings with eagerness, not dread. We find his correction just a bit easier because we realize it only brings goodness into our lives. We might resist God's call to respond positively to him for a while, but once we do, the immensity of his goodness will certainly bring us to our knees in grateful praise and solemn worship. Just sayin...