2 Peter 1:7

and to the godliness brotherly affection, and to the brotherly affection love.

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6and to the knowledge self-control, and to the self-control perseverance, and to the perseverance godliness,

8Because with these things existing and increasing in you, it makes you to be neither useless nor unfruitful in the real knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

John 13:34“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you —that you also love one another.

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

Colossians 3:14And above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

1 Thessalonians 4:9Now about brotherly love you do not need to be written to, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love continue.

1 Peter 2:17Respect everyone; 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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