son of Polemaios, the foremost man of the city, for following in his ancestors’ footsteps in his piety towards the deity (diakeí |menon ek progonōn pros to| theĩon eusebōs).”21 It is in this context that we must understand 2 Peter’s use of eusebeia. It is crucial that not just glory is attributed to God, but virtue (arête) as well. While virtue (arête) occurs three times in 2 Peter [1:3, 5], it is rare in the NT (Phil 4:8; 1 Pet 2:9). But the combination of glory and virtue was common in Hellenistic