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2 Peter 1:7

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— and in [your] godliness, brotherly kindness, and in [your] brotherly kindness, love.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— and in [your] godliness love of the brethren; and in [your] love of the brethren love.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And, in your godliness, brotherly affection, and, in your brotherly affection, love.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And in godliness, love of brotherhood: and in love of brotherhood, charity.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And with godlines, brotherly kindnes: and with brotherly kindnes, loue.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And to godlinesse, brotherly kindnesse; and to brotherly kindnesse, charitie.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— but to godliness brotherly kindness, but to brotherly kindness love.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— and to the fear of God, sympathy with the brotherhood; and to sympathy with the brotherhood, love.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And 1161
{1161} Prime
δέ
de
{deh}
A primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.
to 1722
{1722} Prime
ἐν
en
{en}
A primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), that is, a relation of rest (intermediate between G1519 and G1537); 'in', at, (up-) on, by, etc.
godliness 2150
{2150} Prime
εὐσέβεια
eusebeia
{yoo-seb'-i-ah}
From G2152; piety; specifically the gospel scheme.
brotherly kindness; 5360
{5360} Prime
φιλαδελφία
philadelphia
{fil-ad-el-fee'-ah}
From G5361; fraternal affection.
and 1161
{1161} Prime
δέ
de
{deh}
A primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.
to 1722
{1722} Prime
ἐν
en
{en}
A primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), that is, a relation of rest (intermediate between G1519 and G1537); 'in', at, (up-) on, by, etc.
brotherly kindness 5360
{5360} Prime
φιλαδελφία
philadelphia
{fil-ad-el-fee'-ah}
From G5361; fraternal affection.
charity. 26
{0026} Prime
ἀγάπη
agape
{ag-ah'-pay}
From G0025; love, that is, affection or benevolence; specifically (plural) a love feast.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

2 Peter 1:7

_ _ “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 1 Thessalonians 3:12, “Love one toward another (brotherly kindness), and toward all men (charity).” So charity completes the choir of graces in Colossians 3:14. In a retrograde order, he who has love will exercise brotherly kindness; he who has brotherly kindness will feel godliness needful; the godly will mix nothing stoical with his patience; to the patient, temperance is easy; the temperate weighs things well, and so has knowledge; knowledge guards against sudden impulse carrying away its virtue [Bengel].

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 2 Peter 1:5-11.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Peter 1:7

And to godliness brotherly kindness — No sullenness, sternness, moroseness: "sour godliness," so called, is of the devil. Of Christian godliness it may always be said, "Mild, sweet, serene, and tender is her mood, Nor grave with sternness, nor with lightness free: Against example resolutely good, Fervent in zeal, and warm in charity." And to brotherly kindness love — The pure and perfect love of God and of all mankind. The apostle here makes an advance upon the preceding article, brotherly kindness, which seems only to relate to the love of Christians toward one another.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
brotherly:

John 13:34-35 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. ... By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Romans 12:10 [Be] kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
1 Thessalonians 3:12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all [men], even as we [do] toward you:
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. ... And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
Hebrews 13:1 Let brotherly love continue.
1 Peter 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1 Peter 2:17 Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death.
1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.

charity:

1 Corinthians 13:1-8 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. ... Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Galatians 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all [men], especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Colossians 3:14 And above all these things [put on] charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
1 Thessalonians 5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any [man]; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all [men].
1 Peter 3:8 Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:
1 John 4:21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jn 13:34. Ro 12:10. 1Co 13:1. Ga 6:10. Col 3:14. 1Th 3:12; 4:9; 5:15. He 13:1. 1P 1:22; 2:17; 3:8. 1Jn 3:14, 16; 4:21.

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