2 Peter 1:6

and to knowledge, perseverance; and to perseverance, patience; and to patience, the fear of God;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5And, while ye apply all diligence in the matter, add to your faith moral excellence; and to moral excellence, knowledge;

7and to the fear of God, sympathy with the brotherhood; and to sympathy with the brotherhood, love.

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Cross References

Luke 21:19And by your patience, will ye preserve your souls.

Romans 2:7to them who, by perseverance in good works, seek for glory and honor and immortality, to them he will give life eternal;

Romans 8:25But if we hope for that which is not seen, we are in patient waiting.

1 Corinthians 9:25For every one who engageth in the contest, restraineth his desires in every thing. And they run, to obtain a crown that perisheth; but we, one that perisheth not.

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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