2 Peter 1:7
along with power of endurance, godliness; along with godliness, brotherly affection; and along with brotherly affection, love.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
In Context
6along with knowledge, self-control; along with self-control, power of endurance;
Cross References
John 13:34A new commandment I give you, to love one another; that as I have loved you, you also may love one another.
1 Corinthians 13:1If I can speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but am destitute of Love, I have but become a loud-sounding trumpet or a clanging cymbal.
Colossians 3:14And over all these put on love, which is the perfect bond of union;
1 Thessalonians 4:9But on the subject of love for the brotherhood it is unnecessary for me to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another;
Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love always continue.
1 Peter 2:17Honour every one. Love the brotherhood, fear God, honour 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 →