2 Peter 1:8 - Tree of Life Version

⁸ For if these qualities are in you and increasing, they keep you from becoming idle and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Yeshua the 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 brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will starve.

Matthew 13:22

“But the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word; and the worries of the world and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Matthew 20:3

And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing in the marketplace, idle.

Matthew 20:6

And about the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing around. And he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle the whole day?’

Matthew 25:26

“But his master responded, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow and gather where I scattered no seed?

John 15:2

Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He trims so that it may bear more fruit.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Yeshua the Messiah, the One You sent.

John 5:42

But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

Romans 12:11

Do not be lagging in zeal; be fervent in spirit. Keep serving the Lord,

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dearly loved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord—because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Test yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Examine yourselves! Or don’t you know yourselves—that Messiah Yeshua is in you? Unless of course you failed the test.

2 Corinthians 8:2

that in much testing by affliction, the abundance of their joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

2 Corinthians 8:7

But as you excel in everything—in faith and speech and knowledge and all diligence, and in your love for us—also excel in this grace.

2 Corinthians 9:14

And in their prayer for you, they long for you because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.

Philippians 1:9

Now this I pray, that your love might overflow still more and more in knowledge and depth of discernment,

Philippians 2:5

Have this attitude in yourselves, which also was in Messiah Yeshua,

Philippians 3:8

More than that, I consider all things to be loss in comparison to the surpassing value of the knowledge of Messiah Yeshua my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things; and I consider them garbage in order that I might gain Messiah

Colossians 1:10

to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.

Colossians 2:7

rooted and built up in Him and established in your faith just as you were taught, overflowing with thankfulness.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Messiah dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another with all wisdom in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with gratitude in your hearts to God.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

May the Lord also cause you to increase and overflow in love for one another and for all people, just as we also do for you,

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and appeal in the Lord Yeshua—just as you received from us the way you ought to walk and please God (as in fact you are walking)—that you keep progressing more and more.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We ought to always thank God for you, brothers and sisters, as is appropriate, because your faithfulness grows wonderfully, and the love of each one of you for one another continually increases.

1 Timothy 5:13

And at the same time, they also learn to be idle, going around from house to house—and not just idle, but also gossipers and busybodies, saying things they should not.

Titus 3:14

And let our people learn to devote themselves to doing mitzvot to meet urgent needs, so they will not be unfruitful.

Philemon 1:6

May the fellowship of your faith become effective, with the recognition of all the good that is ours in Messiah.

Hebrews 6:12

so you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those inheriting the promises through trust and perseverance.

2 Peter 1:2

May grace and shalom be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Yeshua our Lord.

2 Peter 1:3

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and virtue.

2 Peter 2:20

For if—after escaping the world’s pollutions through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah—they again become entangled in these things and are overcome, the end for them has become worse than the beginning.

2 Peter 3:18

Instead, keep growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Yeshua the Messiah. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity! Amen.