faith plus godliness

The fifth thing Peter said we must add to our faith is godliness. Throughout the years, “godliness” has often been defined as God-likeness or trying to imitate God, particularly in our conduct. And while the Bible does advocate for such God-likeness, there is more to godliness than that. In this lesson, we’ll look at five ways the Bible addresses godliness, which makes it more than God-like behavior.

Lesson Resources:

Peter H. Davids. The Pillar New Testament Commentary: 2 Peter and Jude. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2006.

Gordon D. Fee. The First Epistle to the Corinthians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1987.

Gerhard Kittel, G W. Bromiley, Gerhard Friedrich, and Ronald E. Pitkin. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1964.

John Ortberg. The Life You’ve Always Wanted. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002.

Thomas R. Schreiner. 1, 2 Peter, Jude, New American Commentary, Vol. 37. Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing, 2003.

Joseph Henry Thayer, Carl Ludwig Wilibald Grimm, and Christian Gottlob Wilke. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: being Grimm's Wilke's Clavis Novi Testamenti. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1977.

Duane Warden. 1 & 2 Peter, Jude. Truth for Today Commentary. Searcy, AR: Resource Publications, 2009.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/piety. Accessed October 9, 2023.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/piety. Accessed October 9, 2023.