2 Peter 1:8

English Majority Text Version

For if these things belong to you and are increasing, it makes you neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Cross References

Matthew 13:22

But the seed sown in the thorns is he who hears the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches chokes out the word, and it becomes fruitless.

Matthew 20:3

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

Matthew 20:6

And about the eleventh hour, going out he found others standing idle, and said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?'

Matthew 25:26

"But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter.

John 15:2

Every branch in Me which does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch which bears fruit He prunes, 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 Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

John 5:42

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

Romans 12:11

not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

1 Corinthians 15:58

So then, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Scrutinize yourselves as to whether you are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed you are reprobates?

2 Corinthians 8:2

how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their generosity.

2 Corinthians 8:7

But as you abound in everything--in faith, in word, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us--see that you abound in this grace also.

2 Corinthians 9:14

and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.

Philippians 1:9

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all perception,

Philippians 2:5

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

Philippians 3:8

More than that I also consider all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have sustained the loss of all things, and I consider them to be rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

Colossians 1:10

that you should walk worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit and increasing in the full knowledge of God;

Colossians 2:7

having been rooted and built up in Him and being established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

Colossians 3:16

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

1 Thessalonians 3:12

And may the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, as indeed we also do toward you,

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally then, brothers, we request of you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you should abound more.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, brothers, and rightfully so, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all increases towards one another,

1 Timothy 5:13

And besides they learn to be idle, going around from house to house, and not only idle but also gossipy and busybodies, speaking things which are not proper.

Titus 3:14

And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, lest they be unfruitful.

Philemon 1:6

that the sharing of your faith may become effective in full knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 6:12

lest you become dull, but become imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

2 Peter 1:2

May grace and peace be multiplied to you in your knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

2 Peter 1:3

As His divine power has granted to us all things pertaining to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,

2 Peter 2:20

For if having escaped from the corruptions of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, yet by these, having become entangled they are defeated, the latter end has become worse for them than the first.

2 Peter 3:18

but grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.