Being Virtuous means we are doing what is right. It is always doing what is right, even when no one else seems to be doing it. It is not about what others are doing or saying; it is about our relationship to Christ and our responsibility to be the example He has called us to be—regardless of others, our culture, or our situation. Virtue is a lifestyle that follows us wherever we go, and with whomever we associate. It is character “oozing” out of us.
Virtue is typically considered as moral goodness, right standards, strength and courage, and modesty and purity—all done in excellence. This is very true, but Colossians makes the definition even more lucid: “
compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience,” then says they are put together with
forgiveness and love, and that they operate in the parameters of
peace and wisdom. Wisdom and peace promote Virtue and love, and forgiveness demonstrates this Virtue that we all need to have.
Other examples of Virtues would be compassion, honesty, prudence, courage, generosity, integrity, fairness, fidelity, and self-control.
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves
with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have
against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect
unity.
-Colossians 3:12-14
