2 Peter 1:6
And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
In Context
5So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
7And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
Cross References
Genesis 5:24And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.
Isaiah 57:1The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.
Luke 21:19By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.
Romans 2:7To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:
Romans 8:25But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.
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 →