New International Version
2 Peter 1:8
8For 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Context of 2 Peter 1:8
6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 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. 9But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins. 10Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,
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
Words taken from the KJV.
- Forγάρgar · forG1063
- ifὑπάρχωhuparchō · be alreadyG5225
- these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- in youσύsu · youG4771
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- aboundπλεονάζωpleonazō · to increaseG4121
- they makeκαθίστημιkathistēmi · to appoint/conductG2525
- neitherοὐou · noG3756
- barrenἀργόςargos · idleG692
- norοὐδέoude · norG3761
- unfruitfulἄκαρποςakarpos · unfruitfulG175
- inεἰςeis · towardG1519
- the knowledgeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the knowledgeἐπίγνωσιςepignōsis · knowledgeG1922
- ofκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
Cross-references for 2 Peter 1:8
- John 5:42but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.
- 2 Corinthians 9:14And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.
- 2 Corinthians 13:5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?
- Philippians 2:5In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
- Colossians 3:16Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
- Philemon 1:6I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
- 2 Corinthians 8:2In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.
- Philippians 1:9And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
- Colossians 2:7rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.
- John 15:7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
- 2 Corinthians 5:13If we are “out of our mind,” as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
- Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.
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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Commentaries on 2 Peter 1
- 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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