2 Peter 1:6 (ASV)

Passage

and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness;

Nearby Context

2 Peter 1:4 whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in that world by lust.

2 Peter 1:5 Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in [your] virtue knowledge;

2 Peter 1:6 and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness;

2 Peter 1:7 and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love.

2 Peter 1:8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "knowledge", "self-control", "patience", and "godliness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "knowledge" and "self-control", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Yea and for this very cause adding..." into verse 7's "and in your godliness brotherly kindness and...", so "knowledge" and "self-control" belong inside that flow. In 2 Peter context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "knowledge" and "self-control" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.