Eusebeia denotes a quality of devout living that is pursued, taught in accord with truth, and expressed in conduct.

The occurrences present eusebeia as a quality of devout living: it is to be trained for and pursued, belongs in a sequence of moral qualities, accords with teaching and truth, and is contrasted with treating it as a means of gain or retaining only an outward form.

1. Devout living as a pursued and tested quality · dominant

   Across the singular forms, the term names a quality for which a person is trained in 1 Timothy 4:7 and which is pursued alongside righteousness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness in 1 Timothy 6:11. In 2 Peter 1:6 it is supplied after perseverance and before brotherly love; other clauses test its authenticity by contrasting a mere form with its power in 2 Timothy 3:5 and by rejecting its treatment as a means of gain in 1 Timothy 6:5. The plural dative in 2 Peter 3:11 places it with holy behavior in the question about what sort of persons the readers ought to be.

   1 Timothy 4:71 Timothy 6:112 Peter 1:62 Timothy 3:51 Timothy 6:52 Peter 3:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the term with “piety,” including training for it, pursuing it, and its place with other qualities. In 1 Timothy 2:2 it instead uses “godliness,”, so this variation does not establish separate lexical senses.