2 Peter 1:8

For if these midos are in you increasingly, they will forestall you from being batlanim (idlers) and lo poreh (unfruitful) in the da'as (personal saving knowledge) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7And chassidus with ahavah shel achvah (brotherly love), and ahavah shel achvah with ahavah (agape).

9For the one with whom these middos chasidus (qualities of piety) are not present is an ivver (blind man), being shortsighted, having forgotten the tohorah (cleansing) of his past averos.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:22And the + 13:22 zera sown among the thorns is the one hearing the dvar (word), and the rogez HaOlam Hazeh + 13:22 Dt 28:65 (the anxiety of this age) and the mirmah (deceit) of riches, choke the Dvar Hashem and it becomes unfruitful. + 13:22 Isa 53:9

Matthew 20:6And around the eleventh hour, having gone out, the Baal Bayit found others standing around, and he says to them, Why have you been standing here all the day not working?

John 5:42But I have had da'as of you, that the ahavas Hashem (the love of G-d) you do not have in yourselves.

John 15:6Unless someone remains in me, he is cast out as the sarig and is dried up and they gather them, and into the Eish they throw them, and they are burned. + 15:6 Ezek 15:1-8; 19:10

1 Corinthians 15:58So then, Chaverim and Achim b'Moshiach of mine, be steadfast, immovable, abounding always in the avodas kodesh of Adoneinu, have da'as that your po'al (work) is not in vain in Hashem. + 15:58 2Chr 15:7; Isa 65:23

2 Corinthians 8:2That during a great ordeal of tzoros, their abundant simcha and the extreme depth of their oni (poverty) abounded to the osher (riches) of their generosity; + 8:2 Ex 36:5; Pp 1:29-30; 1Th 1:6; 2:14; 3:3 4

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 →

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