2 Peter 1:8

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

6and in your knowledge temperance; and in your temperance patience; and in your patience godliness; 7and in your godliness love of the brethren; and in your love of the brethren love. For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. 10Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:

2 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

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• ifκαίkai · andG2532
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• yoursσύsu · youG4771
• makeοὐou · noG3756
• youὑμεῖςhumeis · youG5210
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• idleἀργόςargos · idleG692
• norοὐδέoude · norG3761
• unfruitfulἄκαρποςakarpos · unfruitfulG175
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• knowledgeἐπίγνωσιςepignōsis · knowledgeG1922
• ofκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• ourἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for 2 Peter 1:8

• John 5:42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.
• 2 Corinthians 9:14while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, long after you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
• 2 Corinthians 13:5Try your own selves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.
• Philippians 2:5Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
• Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
• Philemon 1:6that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 15:58Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
• 2 Corinthians 8:2how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
• Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
• Colossians 2:7rooted and builded up in him, and stablished in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:12and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you;
• 1 Thessalonians 4:1Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to give thanks to God alway for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;
• John 15:7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
• 2 Corinthians 5:13For whether we are beside ourselves, it is unto God; or whether we are of sober mind, it is unto 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

Topics related to 2 Peter 1:8

• Graces
• Holiness
• Religion
• Righteousness
• Unfaithfulness
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Jesus
• Assurance
• Calling
• Corruption
• Cunningly
• Diligence
• Escape
• Glory
• Prophecy

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