2 Peter 1:6 (DBY)

Passage

in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,

Nearby Context

2 Peter 1:4 through which he has given to us the greatest and precious promises, that through these ye may become partakers of [the] divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

2 Peter 1:5 But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,

2 Peter 1:6 in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,

2 Peter 1:7 in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:

2 Peter 1:8 for these things existing and abounding in you make [you] to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "But for this very reason also using..." into verse 7's "in godliness brotherly love in brotherly love...", so "knowledge" and "temperance" 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 "temperance" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.