2 Peter 1:7
And with godlines, brotherly kindnes: and with brotherly kindnes, loue.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
In Context
6And with knowledge, temperance: and with temperance, patience: and with patience, godlines:
Cross References
John 13:34A newe commandement giue I vnto you, that ye loue one another: as I haue loued you, that ye also loue one another.
1 Corinthians 13:1Though I speake with the tongues of men and Angels, and haue not loue, I am as sounding brasse, or a tinkling cymbal.
Colossians 3:14And aboue all these thinges put on loue, which is the bond of perfectnes.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But as touching brotherly loue, ye neede not that I write vnto you: for ye are taught of God to loue one another.
Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly loue continue.
1 Peter 2:17Honour all men: loue brotherly fellowship: feare God: honour the King.
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 →