Early in his second letter, Peter wrote: “By your contributing in response all earnest effort, supply to your faith virtue, to your virtue knowledge, to your knowledge self - control, to your self - control endurance, to your endurance godly devotion, to your godly devotion brotherly affection, to your brotherly affection love.
Oma teise kirja alguses kirjutas Peetrus: „Pingutage teie omalt poolt, et lisada oma usule vooruslikkust, vooruslikkusele teadmisi, teadmistele enesevalitsust, enesevalitsusele vastupidavust, vastupidavusele Jumalale andumust, Jumalale andumusele vennalikku kiindumust, vennalikule kiindumusele armastust.