Adam abandoned steadfastness in godliness, the growth in the divine nature for the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. Godliness is the holiness of God. By increasing in godliness, we increasingly metamorphose into the holiness of God. Add to your patience godliness. But godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.1 Timothy 4;8.