2 Peter 1:7
in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
In Context
6in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
Cross References
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.
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.
Colossians 3:14And to all these [add] love, which is the bond of perfectness.
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 2:17Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.
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 →