2 Peter - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

for self-control. Peter emphasized that true knowledge leads on to self-control …
Christian patience is no Stoic quality of accepting all that comes as from the dictates of
blind Fate. It springs from faith in the promises of God, knowledge of Christ, and
experience of His divine power. And so it produces in the Christian a deepened
awareness of a Father’s wise and loving hand controlling all that happens. (M. Green)
2 Peter 1:6 And (continuative) alongside of knowledge (Dat.
Assoc.; teachability), self-control (Acc. Dir. Obj.; genuine
humility), and (continuative) alongside of self-control
(Dat. Assoc.), patient endurance (Acc. Dir. Obj.; faith rest
drill), and (continuative) alongside of patient endurance
(Dat. Assoc.), holiness (Acc. Dir. Obj.; filling of the
Spirit, godliness, piety),
BGT 2 Peter 1:6 evn de. th/| gnw,sei th.n evgkra,teian( evn de. th/| evgkratei,a| th.n u`pomonh,n( evn de.
th/| u`pomonh/| th.n euvse,beian(
VUL
2 Peter 1:6 in scientia autem abstinentiam in abstinentia autem patientiam in patientia autem
pietatem
LWB 2 Peter 1:7 And alongside of holiness, capacity for brotherly kindness, and
alongside of brotherly kindness, virtue love [relaxed mental attitude in agape love].
KW
2 Peter 1:7 And in the godliness an affection for the brethren, and in the affection for
the brethren the divine love;
KJV 2 Peter 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS
Peter continues with his list of spiritual fruit that accompanies life inside the sphere of
divine power. As mentioned previously, each characteristic or activity is related or
associated with the others. They are part of a spiritual package, each influencing and
accelerating the others. Some translators use the word “addition” to represent each item
in the list as being added to the others. I agree with that concept, but have used the word
“alongside of” to express not only the addition of each new item to the list but also their
interrelationship with each other. So alongside of the filling of the Spirit which produces
holiness (piety), believers should develop capacity for brotherly love. This is phileo love
or kindness, or category 3 friendship (Latin: fraternity). Peter then adds agape love, or
category 1 love which comes with occupation with Jesus Christ, to the list. Agape love is
expressed toward others by maintaining a relaxed mental attitude; it is sometimes called
impersonal love, which means it originates from the subject regardless of the attributes of
the object. Category 2 love, not mentioned here, is love between husbands and wives.
RELEVANT OPINIONS
No grace can remain alone; each grace, as it is gradually formed in the soul, tends to
develop and strengthen others; all graces meet in that highest grace of charity, without