2 Peter 1:7
and in your godliness love of the brethren; and in your love of the brethren love.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
In Context
6and in your knowledge temperance; and in your temperance patience; and in your patience godliness;
Cross References
John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
1 Corinthians 13:1If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
Colossians 3:14and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
Hebrews 13:1Let love of the brethren continue.
1 Peter 2:17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear 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 →