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2 Peter 1:7
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
5But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge, 6in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness, in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love: 8for these things existing and abounding in you make [you] to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; 9for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former 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
Cross-references for 2 Peter 1:7
- John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
- Romans 12:10as to brotherly love, kindly affectioned towards one another: as to honour, each taking the lead in paying it to the other:
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
- Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love abide.
- 1 Peter 1:22Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;
- 1 Peter 2:17Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.
- 1 John 3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [his] brother abides in death.
- 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.
- Galatians 6:10So then, as we have occasion, let us do good towards all, and specially towards those of the household of faith.
- Colossians 3:14And to all these [add] love, which is the bond of perfectness.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15See that no one render to any evil for evil, but pursue always what is good towards one another and towards all;
- 1 Peter 3:8Finally, [be] all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;
- 1 John 4:21And this commandment have we from him, That he that loves God love also his brother.
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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