2 Peter 1:7 (DRB)

Passage

And in godliness, love of brotherhood: and in love of brotherhood, charity.

Nearby Context

2 Peter 1:5 And you, employing all care, minister in your faith, virtue: And in virtue, knowledge:

2 Peter 1:6 And in knowledge, abstinence: and in abstinence, patience: and in patience, godliness:

2 Peter 1:7 And in godliness, love of brotherhood: and in love of brotherhood, charity.

2 Peter 1:8 For if these things be with you and abound, they will make you to be neither empty nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:9 For he that hath not these things with him is blind and groping, having forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And in knowledge abstinence and in abstinence..." into verse 8's "For if these things be with you...", so "godliness" and "love" 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 "love" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.