2 Peter 1:8

Good News Translation

These are the qualities you need, and if you have them in abundance, they will make you active and effective in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:15

Go ahead and be lazy; sleep on, but you will go hungry.

Matthew 13:22

The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear the message; but the worries about this life and the love for riches choke the message, and they don't bear fruit.

Matthew 20:3

He went out again to the marketplace at nine o'clock and saw some men standing there doing nothing,

Matthew 20:6

It was nearly five o'clock when he went to the marketplace and saw some other men still standing there. ‘Why are you wasting the whole day here doing nothing?’ he asked them.

Matthew 25:26

‘You bad and lazy servant!’ his master said. ‘You knew, did you, that I reap harvests where I did not plant, and gather crops where I did not scatter seed?

John 15:2

He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit.

John 17:3

And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

John 5:42

But I know what kind of people you are, and I know that you have no love for God in your hearts.

Romans 12:11

Work hard and do not be lazy. Serve the Lord with a heart full of devotion.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So then, my dear friends, stand firm and steady. Keep busy always in your work for the Lord, since you know that nothing you do in the Lord's service is ever useless.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Put yourselves to the test and judge yourselves, to find out whether you are living in faith. Surely you know that Christ Jesus is in you?—unless you have completely failed.

2 Corinthians 8:2

They have been severely tested by the troubles they went through; but their joy was so great that they were extremely generous in their giving, even though they are very poor.

2 Corinthians 8:7

You are so rich in all you have: in faith, speech, and knowledge, in your eagerness to help and in your love for us. And so we want you to be generous also in this service of love.

2 Corinthians 9:14

And so with deep affection they will pray for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown you.

Philippians 1:9

I pray that your love will keep on growing more and more, together with true knowledge and perfect judgment,

Philippians 2:5

The attitude you should have is the one that Christ Jesus had:

Philippians 3:8

Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ

Colossians 1:10

Then you will be able to live as the Lord wants and will always do what pleases him. Your lives will produce all kinds of good deeds, and you will grow in your knowledge of God.

Colossians 2:7

Keep your roots deep in him, build your lives on him, and become stronger in your faith, as you were taught. And be filled with thanksgiving.

Colossians 3:16

Christ's message in all its richness must live in your hearts. Teach and instruct one another with all wisdom. Sing psalms, hymns, and sacred songs; sing to God with thanksgiving in your hearts.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

May the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow more and more and become as great as our love for you.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally, our friends, you learned from us how you should live in order to please God. This is, of course, the way you have been living. And now we beg and urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to do even more.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

Our friends, we must thank God at all times for you. It is right for us to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love each of you has for the others is becoming greater.

1 Timothy 5:13

They also learn to waste their time in going around from house to house; but even worse, they learn to be gossips and busybodies, talking of things they should not.

Titus 3:14

Our people must learn to spend their time doing good, in order to provide for real needs; they should not live useless lives.

Philemon 1:6

My prayer is that our fellowship with you as believers will bring about a deeper understanding of every blessing which we have in our life in union with Christ.

Hebrews 6:12

We do not want you to become lazy, but to be like those who believe and are patient, and so receive what God has promised.

2 Peter 1:2

May grace and peace be yours in full measure through your knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

2 Peter 1:3

God's divine power has given us everything we need to live a truly religious life through our knowledge of the one who called us to share in his own glory and goodness.

2 Peter 2:20

If people have escaped from the corrupting forces of the world through their knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then are again caught and conquered by them, such people are in worse condition at the end than they were at the beginning.

2 Peter 3:18

But continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, now and forever! Amen.