2 Peter 1:6
and to fortitude knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience piety;
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
In Context
5And to this giving all diligence, add to your faith fortitude;
7and to piety brotherly affection; and to brotherly affection charity.
Cross References
Luke 21:19In your patience therefore possess your souls.
Romans 2:7to them, who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, and honor, and immortality, eternal life:
Romans 8:25but if we hope for what we see not, then we wait for it with patience.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every one that enters the lists is temperate in all things: they indeed do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible one.
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 →