2 Peter 1:6
to knowledge add self-control; to self-control add endurance; to endurance add godliness;
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
In Context
5For this reason, do your best to add goodness to your faith; and to goodness add knowledge;
7to godliness add brotherly affection; and to brotherly affection add love.
Cross References
Genesis 5:24Enoch walked with God, and then he was gone, for God took him.
Isaiah 57:1The righteous perish, but no one considers it, 1 and the people of covenant faithfulness are gathered away, but no one understands 1 that the righteous is gathered away from the evil. 1
Luke 21:19In your endurance you will gain your souls.
Romans 2:7to those who according to consistent, good actions have sought praise, honor, and incorruptibility, he will give eternal life.
Romans 8:25But if we have certain hope about what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
1 Corinthians 9:25Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a wreath that is perishable, but we do it to receive one that is 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 →