With godliness Peter has in view our religious duties to God—things like attending worship services, praying, reading the Bible, and tithing. The faithful exercise of these duties will be a great encouragement to our faith. But if we neglect them, it does not take long for us to become lukewarm and apathetic to the gospel. Missing prayer once or twice quickly becomes prayerlessness. Skipping tithes once or twice quickly becomes no tithing. Missing worship services once or twice quickly becomes a habit. If we are lacklustre in the performance of religious duties, then we will start drifting from the faith.
6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,