2 Peter 1:6

and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control, perseverance; and in perseverance, godliness;

World English Bible Classic

In The King James Version

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

In Context

5Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

7and in godliness, brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:24Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.

Isaiah 57:1The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.

Luke 21:19“By your endurance you will win your lives.

Romans 2:7to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

Romans 8:25But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

1 Corinthians 9:25Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

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 →

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