2 Peter 1:7
and with piety—brotherly kindness, and with brotherly kindness—love;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
In Context
6and with knowledge—self-control, and with self-control—endurance, and with endurance—piety,
Cross References
John 13:34A new command I give to you, that you love one another; according as I loved you, that you also love one another;
1 Corinthians 13:1If I speak with the tongues of men and of messengers, and do not have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal;
Colossians 3:14and above all these things, [have] love, which is a bond of the perfection,
1 Thessalonians 4:9And concerning the brotherly love, you have no need of [my] writing to you, for you yourselves are God-taught to love one another,
Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love remain.
1 Peter 2:17give honor to all; 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 →