2 Peter 1:6
and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness;
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
In Context
7and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness 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 the evil [to come].
Luke 21:19In your patience ye shall win your souls.
Romans 2:7to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:
Romans 8:25But if we hope for that which we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for it.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they [do it] to 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 →