2 Peter 1:7
And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
In Context
6And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
Cross References
John 13:34I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.
1 Corinthians 13:1If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.
Colossians 3:14And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;
Hebrews 13:1Go on loving your brothers in the faith.
1 Peter 2:17Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring 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 →