2 Peter 1:8

Translations

Modern

For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Traditional

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.

Literal

For these things being in you and abounding make you neither idle nor unfruitful in regard to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Latin

Hæc enim si vobiscum adsint, et superent, non vacuos nec sine fructu vos constituent in Domini nostri Jesu Christi cognitione.

Original

Greek

English

For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Notes

2 Peter 1:3–11

God 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).

Theme notes and profiles

Simon Peter Love in the Community of Christ

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2 Peter 1:8

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