Godliness Requires Diligence

God has abundantly provided everything necessary for His people to live a life of godliness. What then must we do, and how must we live on the basis of what God has done and given? We are told that we must exercise our faith diligently and in doing so conduct ourselves with the seven virtues explicitly given in these verses - such a life will be fruitful, useful, God-pleasing lives, bearing evidence of genuine faith.