2 Peter 1:8
For if these things be in you, and abound, they cause you to be neither idle, nor unfruitful as it respects the acknowledgment of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
Cross References
Matthew 13:22He that received seed among the thorns, is he that hears the word; and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Matthew 20:6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all the day idle?
John 5:42But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you.
John 15:6If any one abide not in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and withers; and such are gathered, and thrown into the fire, and burned.
1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; for you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 8:2that under an afflicting trial, their overflowing joy, and their deep poverty, abounded to the riches of their liberality;
Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 1:6-12
Spiritual Diligence; Advancement in Holiness. ( a. d. 67.) 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 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. 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see… Read the whole commentary →