2 Peter 1:7

And, in your godliness, brotherly affection, and, in your brotherly affection, love.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6And, in your knowledge, self-control, and, in your self-control, endurance, and, in your endurance, godliness,

8These things, unto you, belonging and abounding, neither idle nor unfruitful, constitute you, regarding the personal knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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Cross References

John 13:34A new commandment, give I unto you,—That ye be loving one another: Just as I loved you, that, ye also, be loving one another:

1 Corinthians 13:1Although with the tongues of men, I be speaking, and of messengers, and have not, love, I have become resounding brass, or a clanging cymbal;

Colossians 3:14And, over all these things, love, which is a uniting-bond of completeness;

1 Thessalonians 4:9But, concerning brotherly love—no need, have ye, that we be writing unto you; for, ye yourselves, are, God-taught, to the loving of one another;—

Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love continue.

1 Peter 2:17Unto all men, give honour, unto the brotherhood, shew love, unto God, give reverence, the king, hold in honour.

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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