2 Peter 1:8

For if these be with you, and overcome, [or be plenteous], they shall not make you void, (or empty and useless), neither without fruit, in the knowing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

7in piety, love of (the) brotherhood, and in (the) love of (the) brotherhood charity. (with piety, love of the brotherhood, and with the love of the brotherhood kindness.)

9But to whom these be not ready, he is blind, and gropeth with his hand, and forgetteth the purging of his old trespasses.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:22But he that is sown in thorns, is this that heareth the word, and the busyness (or the concerns) of this world, and the fallacy [or the falseness] of riches strangleth the word, and it is made without fruit.

Matthew 20:6But about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing (there); and said to them, What stand ye idle here all day? [or What stand ye here idle all day?] (or Why stand ye here idle all day?)

John 5:42but I have known you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

John 15:6If any man dwelleth not in me, he shall be cast out as a branch, and shall wax dry; and they shall gather him (up), and they shall cast him into the fire, and he shall burn. (If anyone remaineth not in me, he shall be thrown out like a branch, and shall grow dry; and they shall gather him up, and they shall throw him into the fire, and he shall be burned up.)

1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my dearworthy brethren, be ye steadfast, and unmoveable, being plenteous in (the) work of the Lord, (for)evermore witting that your travail is not idle in the Lord (or always knowing that your labour is never in vain, or futile, in, or done for, the Lord).

2 Corinthians 8:2that in much assaying of tribulation, the plenty [or the abundance] of the joy of them was, and the highest poverty of them was plenteous into the riches of the simpleness of them (or their sincerity).

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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