The apostle 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. ” ​ — 2 Peter 1: 5 - 7. Each quality that Peter lists is vital, and none can be omitted.
शारीरिक वाढ आणि त्याच्याशी संबंधित असणाऱ्‍या इतर पैलूंच्या विकासाप्रमाणेच, सर्व ईश्‍वरी गुणांतील प्रगती सहसा एकाच वेळी होत असते.