2 Peter 1:6 (GNV)

Passage

And with knowledge, temperance: and with temperance, patience: and with patience, godlines:

Nearby Context

2 Peter 1:4 Whereby most great and precious promises are giuen vnto vs, that by them ye should be partakers of the diuine nature, in that ye flee the corruption, which is in the worlde through lust.

2 Peter 1:5 Therefore giue euen all diligence thereunto: ioyne moreouer vertue with your faith: and with vertue, knowledge:

2 Peter 1:6 And with knowledge, temperance: and with temperance, patience: and with patience, godlines:

2 Peter 1:7 And with godlines, brotherly kindnes: and with brotherly kindnes, loue.

2 Peter 1:8 For if these things be among you, and abound, they will make you that ye neither shalbe idle, nor vnfruitfull in the acknowledging of our Lord Iesus Christ:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "knowledge", "temperance", "patience", and "godlines". 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 "Therefore giue euen all diligence thereunto ioyne..." into verse 7's "And with godlines brotherly kindnes and with...", 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.