τὰ πάντα … τὰ πρὸς ζωὴν καὶ εὐσέβειαν, “everything necessary for a godly life.” For the expression τὰ πρὸς, “what is necessary for.…,” cf. Judg 17:10 LXX (B: τὰ πρὸς ζωήν σου); Josephus, Ant. 1:6 (παιδευθέντες … τὰ πρὸς εὐσέβειαν); Luke 19:42; Acts 28:10. The author of 2 Peter is fond of pairs of words like ζωὴν καὶ εὐσέβειαν (literally “life and godliness”) and they are usually closely related in meaning. Although many commentators take ζωήν (“life”) to mean “eternal life,”