Tree of Life Version
2 Peter 1:7
7and to godliness, brotherly love; and to brotherly love, 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
5Now for this very reason, making every effort, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly love; and to brotherly love, love. 8For if these qualities are in you and increasing, they keep you from becoming idle and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. 9But anyone who lacks these qualities is blind—nearsighted because he has forgotten his cleansing from 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Peter 1:7
- John 13:34“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also you must love one another.
- Romans 12:10Be tenderly devoted to one another in brotherly love; outdo one another in giving honor.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12May the Lord also cause you to increase and overflow in love for one another and for all people, just as we also do for you,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write you—for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
- Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love continue.
- 1 Peter 1:22Now that you have purified your souls in obedience to the truth, leading to sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from a pure heart.
- 1 Peter 2:17Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
- 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 with the tongues of men and of angels but have not love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
- Galatians 6:10Therefore, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good toward all—especially those who belong to the household of faith.
- Colossians 3:14But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfect harmony.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15See 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 harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, tenderhearted, humble-minded.
- 1 John 4:21And this commandment we have from Him: that the one who loves God should also love 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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