2 Peter 1:7
And chassidus with ahavah shel achvah (brotherly love), and ahavah shel achvah with ahavah (agape).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
In Context
Cross References
John 13:34A mitzvah chadasha I give to you, that you have ahavah (agape) one for the other, as I have had ahavah (agape) for you, so also you have ahavah (agape) one for the other. + 13:34 Lv 19:18
1 Corinthians 13:1If in the leshonot of Bnei Adam and malachim I speak, but I do not have ahavah, I have become only a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
Colossians 3:14And to all these things add ahavah, which is the agudah of tamimim.
1 Thessalonians 4:9Concerning the matter of ahavah shel achvah (brotherly love), you have no need that we write you, for you yourselves are limudei Elohim (taught of G-d) to have ahavah (agape) one for another.
Hebrews 13:1Let ahavat achim (brotherly love) continue.
1 Peter 2:17Have kavod (respect, honor) toward kol Bnei Adam; have ahavah (agape) toward HaAchim (The Brotherhood of the Messianic Chavurah); have yirat Shomayim toward Hashem, + 2:17 1:17; 2:17; 3:2,6 ,14, 16 have kavod to HaMelech.
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 →