2 Peter 1:6
add to knowledge, self-control; add to self-control, patience; add to patience, reverence;
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
In Context
7add to reverence, affection for fellow-believers, add to affection for fellow-believers, love.
Cross References
Genesis 5:24Enoch had such a close relationship with God that he didn't die, he just wasn't there anymore, because God took him.
Isaiah 57:1Good people die, and nobody cares; the faithful pass away, and nobody thinks that they were being protected from evil.
Luke 21:19By standing firm you will gain your lives.
Romans 2:7Those who have kept on trying to do what is good and right will receive glory and honor, immortality and eternal life.
Romans 8:25Since we're hoping for what we haven't yet seen, we wait for it patiently.
1 Corinthians 9:25Every competitor who participates in the games maintains a strict training discipline. Of course they do so to win a crown that doesn't last. But our crowns will last forever!
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 →