2 Peter 1:6
and with knowledge self-control, and with self-control perseverance, and with perseverance godliness,
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
In Context
7and with godliness brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love.
Cross References
Luke 21:19By your patient endurance you shall possess your souls. 1 The Destruction of Jerusalem
Romans 2:7to those who by the endurance of good works are seeking glory and honor and incorruption—eternal life.
Romans 8:25But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly await it with endurance.
1 Corinthians 9:25And everyone who competes exercises self-control in all things. Now they compete in order that they may receive a perishable crown, but we compete for an imperishable crown.
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 →