2 Peter 1:7

Contextual Overview

⁵ For this very reason, try your hardest to furnish your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, ⁵ But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge, ⁵ Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; ⁵ For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,1 Peter 3:7; 2 Peter 3:18;">[xr] ⁵ 5 So, with this, bringing in all diligence [fn] add to your faith virtue; but to virtue knowledge, ⁵ And, while ye apply all diligence in the matter, add to your faith moral excellence; and to moral excellence, knowledge; ⁵ Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge; ⁵ So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue, ⁵ For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, ⁵ Therefore giue euen all diligence thereunto: ioyne moreouer vertue with your faith: and with vertue, knowledge:

Bible Verse Review
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And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

brotherly John 13:34,35; Romans 12:10; 1 Thessalonians 3:12; 4:9,10; Hebrews 13:1; 1 Peter 1:22; 2:17; 1 John 3:14,16

charity

1 Corinthians 13:1-8; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 3:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 John 4:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:8 - brethren;  1 Corinthians 13:4 - is kind;  1 Corinthians 14:1 - charity;  1 Corinthians 16:14 - General;  Ephesians 4:32 - kind;  1 Timothy 1:5 - charity;  1 Peter 4:8 - fervent;  2 John 1:5 - that we;  Revelation 2:19 - charity

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning—a second day.

Genesis 1:8
God named that space "sky." There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the second day.

Genesis 1:8
God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Genesis 1:8
And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day.

Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heauen. So the Euening and the morning were the seconde day.

Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

Genesis 1:8
He named the dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came—that was the second day.

Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Without which, godliness, or external worship, or a profession of religion, is a vain show; for this is both the evidence of regeneration, and of the truth and power of real godliness; and also the beauty, comfort, and security of Christian society and worship, and without which they cannot be maintained with peace, profit, and honour:

and to brotherly kindness, charity: or "love"; that is, to all men, enemies, as well as to the household of faith; and to God and Christ, to his house, worship, ordinances, people and truths. Charity is more extensive in its objects and acts than brotherly kindness or love. As faith leads the van, charity brings up the rear, and is the greatest of all.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Brotherly kindness - Φιλαδελφιαν· Love of the brotherhood - the strongest attachment to Christ's flock; feeling each as a member of your own body.

Charity - Αγαπην· 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 the salvation of those who do not believe as they believe, and who do not follow with them, have scarcely any religion, though in their own apprehension none is so truly orthodox or religious as themselves.

After αγαπην, love, one MS. adds these words, εν δε τη αγαπῃ την παρακλησιν, and to this love consolation; but this is an idle and useless addition.