2 Peter 1:6

and to knowledge temperance Better, as before, and by knowledge temperance. The word for "temperance" has a wider range than the modern sense of the English term. "Self-government" or "self-control" would be better equivalents. In Sir 18:30 we have, under the heading in the LXX. of "self-control of the soul" (ἐγκράτεια ψυχῆς), what may almost be called a definition in the form of a precept, "Go not after thy lusts, but refrain thyself from thine appetites." The word is not common in the New Testament, but appears in Acts 24:25; Galatians 5:23.

and to temperance patience Better, endurance, the Greek noun expressing a more active phase of character than the English, bearing up against evils, and continuing steadfast under them. The cognate verb is translated "endure" in Matthew 10:22 and elsewhere.

to patience godliness See note on 2 Peter 1:3 for the latter word.