2 Peter 1:9 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For whoever lacks these qualities is blind, [spiritually] shortsighted, seeing only what is near to him, and has become oblivious [to the fact] that he was cleansed from his old sins.

American Standard Version (1901)

For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

Common English Bible

Whoever lacks these things is shortsighted and blind, forgetting that they were cleansed from their past sins.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For he who does not have these things at hand is blind and groping, being forgetful of his purification from his former offenses.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For he that hath not these things with him, is blind, and groping, having forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

2 Peter 1:9 Cross References

Leviticus 13:55

and the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his color, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.

Mark 10:21

Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

Luke 18:22

Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Romans 6:11

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Galatians 5:13

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Galatians 5:6

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

Ephesians 5:26

that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

1 Peter 3:21

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

1 John 1:7

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Revelation 3:17

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: