2 Peter 1:7 (DBY)

Passage

in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:

Nearby Context

2 Peter 1:5 But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,

2 Peter 1:6 in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,

2 Peter 1:7 in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:

2 Peter 1:8 for these things existing and abounding in you make [you] to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;

2 Peter 1:9 for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "godliness", "brotherly", and "love". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "godliness" and "brotherly", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "in knowledge temperance in temperance endurance in..." into verse 8's "for these things existing and abounding in...", so "godliness" and "brotherly" belong inside that flow. In 2 Peter context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "godliness" and "brotherly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.