2 Peter 1:6
And da'as with shlitah atzmit (self-control), and shlitah atzmit with chozek (fortitude) and chozek with chasidus (piety),
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
In Context
7And chassidus with ahavah shel achvah (brotherly love), and ahavah shel achvah with ahavah (agape).
Cross References
Genesis 5:24And Chanokh walked with HaElohim; and he was not; for Elohim took him.
Isaiah 57:1The tzaddik perisheth, 1 and no ish layeth it to lev; 1 and anshei chesed are taken away, 1 none considering that the tzaddik is taken away 1 from the ra'ah (evil, calamity) to come. 1
Luke 21:19In your savlanut (patience) and endurance you will gain your nefashot (souls).
Romans 2:7To those who, by savlanut (patience), persevere in doing hatov (the good), seek for kavod (glory) and honor and incorruptibility, + 2:7 Ps 16:10 He will give Chayyei Olam (Eternal Life).
Romans 8:25But if we have tikvah for what we do not see, we eagerly await it with savlanut.
1 Corinthians 9:25And everyone competing in the [Olympic] games in all things exercises shlitah atzmi: those ones, therefore, that they may obtain a perishable wreath; 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 →