7 Ways to Escape the Great Falling Away

6. Breeding Brotherly Kindness

Peter wants us to add brotherly kindness to the list above. The concept of brotherly kindness comes from the Greek word adelphotes, which means, “brotherhood, brotherly kindness, a family of brothers, the brotherhood.” Jesus says those who do the will of His Father are His brothers and sister and mother (Matt. 12:50). God’s will toward us is kind (see Eph. 1:5) and our will toward one another should also be kind. Kindness is also a fruit of the spirit.