Christian Standard Bible
2 Peter 1:7
7godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
2 Peter 1:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
- New International Version (NIV)and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
- New King James Version (NKJV)to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
Context of 2 Peter 1:7
5For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, 6knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins.
Read all of 2 Peter 12 Peter 1:7 word by word
ἐν δὲ τῇ εὐσεβείᾳ τὴν φιλαδελφίαν, ἐν δὲ τῇ φιλαδελφίᾳ τὴν ἀγάπην.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Peter 1:7
- John 13:34“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.
- Romans 12:10Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honoring one another.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone, just as we do for you.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9About brotherly love: You don’t need me to write you because you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
- Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love continue.
- 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth, so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure heart love one another constantly,
- 1 Peter 2:17Honor everyone. Love the brothers and sisters. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
- 1 John 3:14We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.
- 1 Corinthians 13:1If I speak human or angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
- Galatians 6:10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.
- Colossians 3:14Above all, put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
- 1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another, and be compassionate and humble,
- 1 John 4:21And we have this command from him: The one who loves God must also love his brother and sister.
Commentaries on 2 Peter 1:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Brotherly kindness - · Love of the brotherhood - the strongest attachment to Christ's flock; feeling each as a member of your own body. Charity - · Love to the whole human race, even to your persecutors: love to God and the brethren they had; love to all mankind they must also have. True religion is neither selfish nor insulated; where the love of God is, bigotry cannot exist. Narrow, selfish people, and people of a party, who scarcely have any hope of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And to godliness brotherly kindness - Love to Christians as such. See the John 13:34 note; Hebrews 13:1 note. And to brotherly kindness charity - Love to all mankind. There is to be a special affection for Christians as of the same family; there is to be a true and warm love, however, for all the race. See the notes at 1 Corinthians 13.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7These verses use a stair-step structure to show how each virtue leads to the next. This pattern is a common literary device called a sorites. The order is not the main point. For example, Peter is not saying that moral excellence must come before knowledge. But he does show that love is the highest and most important virtue in the list (1:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. "And in your godliness brotherly kindness"; not suffering your godliness to be moroseness, nor a sullen solitary habit of life, but kind, generous, and courteous [Alford]. Your natural affection and brotherly kindness are to be sanctified by godliness. "And in your brotherly kindness love," namely, to all men, even to enemies, in thought, word, and deed. From brotherly kindness we are to go forward to love. Compare 1Th 3:12, "Love one toward another…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Peter 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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