2 Peter 1:7

and to piety brotherly love, and to brotherly love, love itself.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

In Context

6and to knowledge self-control, and to self-control stedfastness, and to stedfastness piety,

8For if these virtues are yours in abounding measure, they render you not idle nor unfruitful, until you come into the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

John 13:34I give you a new commandment, Love one another!

1 Corinthians 13:1Though I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have no love, I am become a clanging brass, or a clashing cymbal.

Colossians 3:14Over them all bind on love, which is the girdle of completeness.

1 Thessalonians 4:9It is not needed that I should write to you about brotherly love; for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love continue.

1 Peter 2:17Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Reverence God. Honor the Emperor.

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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