2 Peter 1:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ For if these are in you and increase, they cause you to be neither inactive nor without fruit in the knowledge of our Master יהושע Messiah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ For as these qualities are yours and increasingly abound in you, they will keep [you] from being idle or unfruitful unto the [full personal] knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Common English Bible

⁸ If all these are yours and they are growing in you, they’ll keep you from becoming inactive and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ For if these things are with you, and if they abound, they will cause you to be neither empty, nor without fruit, within the plan of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ For if these things be with you and abound, they will make you to be neither empty nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:8 Cross References

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, And an idle being suffers hunger.

Matthew 13:22

“And that sown among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceit of riches choke the word, and it becomes fruitless.

Matthew 20:3

“And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market-place,

Matthew 20:6

“And about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing idle, and said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’

Matthew 25:26

“And his master answering, said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.

John 15:2

“Every branch in Me that bears no fruit He takes away. And every branch that bears fruit He prunes, so that it bears more fruit.

John 17:3

“And this is everlasting life, that they should know You, the only true Elohim, and יהושע Messiah whom You have sent.

John 5:42

but I know you, that you do not have the love of Elohim in you.

Romans 12:11

not idle in duty, ardent in spirit, serving the Master;

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Master, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Master.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Examine yourselves whether you are in the belief – prove yourselves. Or do you not know yourselves, that יהושע Messiah is in you, unless you are disapproved.

2 Corinthians 8:2

that in much trial of pressure the overflowing of their joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the riches of their generosity.

2 Corinthians 8:7

But as you excel in every way – in belief, and speech, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love for us – that you should excel in this kind gift as well.

2 Corinthians 9:14

and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding favour of Elohim in you.

Philippians 1:9

And this I pray, that your love might extend more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

Philippians 2:5

For, let this mind be in you which was also in Messiah יהושע,

Philippians 3:8

What is more, I even count all to be loss because of the excellence of the knowledge of Messiah יהושע my Master, for whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them as refuse, in order to gain Messiah,

Colossians 1:10

to walk worthily of the Master, pleasing all, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of Elohim,

Colossians 2:7

having been rooted and built up in Him, and established in the belief, as you were taught, overflowing in it with thanksgiving.

Colossians 3:16

Let the Word of Messiah dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing with pleasure in your hearts to the Master in psalms and songs of praise and spiritual songs.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

And the Master make you increase and overflow in love to each other and to all, as we also do to you,

1 Thessalonians 4:1

For the rest then, brothers, we beg you and call upon you in the Master יהושע, that as you received from us how you should walk and to please Elohim, you should excel still more,

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We ought to give thanks to Elohim always for you, brothers, as it is proper, because your belief grows exceedingly, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing,

1 Timothy 5:13

Moreover, they learn to be idle, going about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, speaking what is improper.

Titus 3:14

And our brothers should also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, so that they shall not be without fruit.

Philemon 1:6

so that the sharing of your belief might become working in the knowledge of all the good which is in you toward Messiah יהושע.

Hebrews 6:12

in order that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through belief and patience inherit the promises.

2 Peter 1:2

Favour and peace be increased to you in the knowledge of Elohim and of יהושע our Master,

2 Peter 1:3

as His Mighty-like power has given to us all we need for life and reverence, through the knowledge of Him who called us to esteem and uprightness.

2 Peter 2:20

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Master and Saviour יהושע Messiah, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the first.

2 Peter 3:18

but grow in the favour and knowledge of our Master and Saviour יהושע Messiah. To Him be the esteem both now and to a day that abides. Amĕn.