2 Peter 1:7 (WEB)

Passage

and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

Nearby Context

2 Peter 1:5 Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

2 Peter 1:6 and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control perseverance; and in perseverance godliness;

2 Peter 1:7 and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

2 Peter 1:8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:9 For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "godliness", "brotherly", "affection", 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 "and in knowledge self-control and in self-control..." into verse 8's "For if these things are yours and...", 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.