To become like the Lord and have charity is a process that starts with "giving all diligence."
Diligence is steady, consistent, earnest and energetic effort in doing the Lord's work. (I think that's in Preach my Gospel)
"Giving all diligence" is a beautiful phrase--it's more than simply being or having. It indicates a more generous and real desire to do the Lord's work.
Verse 8: For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren no unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Such a gracious promise, our mortal attempts to have these Christlike qualities will lead us to a fruitful knowledge of him. We will know of him because we will be like Him.
