2 Peter 1:7

7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.

2 Peter 1:7 in Other Translations

7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.

7 warm friendliness, and generous love, each dimension fitting into and developing the others.

7 godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

2 Peter 1:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 7 And to godliness, brotherly kindness
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.

2 Peter 1:7 In-Context

5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;

6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;

7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.

8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.

Cross References

• 1. S Romans 12:10; 1 Thessalonians 3:12