But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 2 Peter 1:5-6
Godliness
In English, it means piety or devotion to God.
Devotion to keeping His standards.
Devotion to worshiping Him.
For the Greeks, it was eusebeia.
It meant performing all the rituals the pagan gods required.
So for the early Christians living in a Greek culture
It came to mean living the kind of life that pleases God.
We are dead to self.
We do whatever the Father gives us to do.
We honor Him with our goals,
Our attitudes, our daily activities.
It is a recognition that following Christ
Is all of life.
It is not just for Sundays and holidays.
The thing is, Peter says in v. 3
“His divine power has given to us all things
That pertain to life and godliness.”
We. Already. Have. It.
What excuse do we have for not living it?