2 Peter 1:6
and to knowledge self-control, and to self-control endurance, and to endurance godliness,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
In Context
5even for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge,
7and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:1The righteous man perisheth, and no one layeth it to heart; And pious men are taken away, and none considereth That because of the evil the righteous man is taken away.
Luke 21:19By your constancy secure your lives.
Romans 2:7everlasting life to those who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory, and honor, and incorruption;
Romans 8:25But if we hope for that which we do not see, then do we with patience wait for it.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things; they, however, to obtain a perishable crown, but we, an imperishable.
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 →