2 Peter 1:6
in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
In Context
7in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:
Cross References
Genesis 5:24And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
Isaiah 57:1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from before the evil.
Luke 21:19By your patient endurance gain your souls.
Romans 2:7to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.
Romans 8:25But if what we see not we hope, we expect in patience.
1 Corinthians 9:25But every one that contends [for a prize] is temperate in all things: *they* then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but *we* an incorruptible.
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 →