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2 Peter 1:8
8for 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 1:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- New International Version (NIV)For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Context of 2 Peter 1:8
6in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness, 7in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love: 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; 9for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins. 10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;
Read all of 2 Peter 12 Peter 1:8 word by word
ταῦτα γὰρ ὑμῖν ὑπάρχοντα καὶ πλεονάζοντα οὐκ ἀργοὺς οὐδὲ ἀκάρπους καθίστησιν εἰς τὴν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐπίγνωσιν.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Peter 1:8
- John 5:42but I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
- 2 Corinthians 9:14and in their supplication for you, full of ardent desire for you, on account of the exceeding grace of God [which is] upon you.
- 2 Corinthians 13:5examine your own selves if ye be in the faith; prove your own selves: do ye not recognise yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobates?
- Philippians 2:5For let this mind be in you which [was] also in Christ Jesus;
- Colossians 3:16Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.
- Philemon 1:6in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ [Jesus].
- 1 Corinthians 15:58So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in [the] Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 8:2that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty has abounded to the riches of their [free-hearted] liberality.
- Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence,
- Colossians 2:7rooted and built up in him, and assured in the faith, even as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in [the] Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds;
- John 15:7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.
- 2 Corinthians 5:13For whether we are beside ourselves, [it is] to God; or are sober, [it is] for you.
- Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Commentaries on 2 Peter 1:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8For if these things be in you and abound - If ye possess all there graces, and they increase and abound in your souls, they will make - show, you to be neither , idle, nor , unfruitful, in the acknowledgment of our Lord Jesus Christ. The common translation is here very unhappy: barren and unfruitful certainly convey the same ideas; but idle or inactive, which is the proper sense of , takes away this tautology, and restores the sense. The graces already…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For if these things be in you, and abound - If they are in you in rich abundance; if you are eminent for these things. They make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful - They will show that you are not barren or unfruitful. The word rendered “barren,” is, in the margin, “idle.” The word “idle” more accurately expresses the sense of the original. The meaning is, that if they evinced these things, it would show. (1)that they were diligent in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-11God has given us many blessings through Christ (1:3–4). This provides a strong reason to encourage us to learn more about Christ (1:5–11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. be--Greek, "subsist" that is, supposing these things to have an actual subsistence in you; "be" would express the mere matter-of-fact being (Ac 16:20). abound--more than in others; so the Greek. make--"render," "constitute you," habitually, by the very fact of possessing these graces. barren--"inactive," and, as a field lying fallow and unworked (Greek), so barren and useless. unfruitful in--rather, ... in respect to, "The full knowledge (Greek) of…Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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