2 Peter 1:7
and in piety, brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection, love.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
In Context
6and in knowledge, self-control, and in self-control, perseverance, and in perseverance, piety,
Cross References
John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other.
1 Corinthians 13:1If I speak with the tongues of men and of heavenly agents, but have not love, I have become sounding brass, or a clashing cymbal.
Colossians 3:14and above all these things, love, which is the bond of perfection.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But about brotherly love ye have no need to write to you, for ye yourselves are taught by God in order to love each other.
Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love abide.
1 Peter 2:17Respect all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Respect the king.
Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 1:6-12
Spiritual Diligence; Advancement in Holiness. ( a. d. 67.) 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see… Read the whole commentary →