2 Peter 1:7

and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

In Context

6and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness;

8For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

1 Corinthians 13:1If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

Colossians 3:14and above all these things [put on] love, which is the bond of perfectness.

1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

Hebrews 13:1Let love of the brethren continue.

1 Peter 2:17Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor 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 →

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