2 Peter 1:6

in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

In Context

5But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,

7in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:

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Cross References

Genesis 5:24And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

Isaiah 57:1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from before the evil.

Luke 21:19By your patient endurance gain your souls.

Romans 2:7to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.

Romans 8:25But if what we see not we hope, we expect in patience.

1 Corinthians 9:25But every one that contends [for a prize] is temperate in all things: *they* then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but *we* an incorruptible.

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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