2 Peter 1:7

and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety,

8for these things being to you and abounding, do make [you] neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Cross References

John 13:34'A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

1 Corinthians 13:1If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;

Colossians 3:14and above all these things, [have] love, which is a bond of the perfection,

1 Thessalonians 4:9And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of [my] writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,

Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love remain;

1 Peter 2:17to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

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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