2 Peter 1:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

If all these things are in you and growing, you will never fail to be useful to God. You will produce the kind of fruit that should come from your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Cross References

Titus 3:14

Our people must learn to use their lives for doing good and helping anyone who has a need. Then they will not have empty lives.

Colossians 3:16

Let the teaching of Christ live inside you richly. Use all wisdom to teach and counsel each other. Sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

John 15:2

He cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit. He also trims every branch that produces fruit to prepare it to produce even more.

Hebrews 6:12

We don’t want you to be lazy. We want you to be like those who, because of their faith and patience, will get what God has promised.

Philippians 1:9

This is my prayer for you: that your love will grow more and more; that you will have knowledge and understanding with your love;

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Brothers and sisters, now I have some other things to tell you. We taught you how to live in a way that will please God. And you are living that way. Now we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live that way more and more.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So, my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Don’t let anything change you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord. You know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.

2 Peter 1:2

Grace and peace be given to you more and more, because now you know God and Jesus our Lord.

Philemon 1:6

I pray that the faith you share will make you understand every blessing we have in Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

Brothers and sisters, we thank God for you always. And that’s what we should do, because you give us good reason to be thankful: Your faith is growing more and more. And the love that every one of you has for each other is also growing.

Philippians 2:5

In your life together, think the way Christ Jesus thought.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Look closely at yourselves. Test yourselves to see if you are living in the faith. Don’t you realize that Christ Jesus is in you? Of course, if you fail the test, he is not in you.

Colossians 2:7

You must depend on Christ only, drawing life and strength from him. Just as you were taught the truth, continue to grow stronger in your understanding of it. And never stop giving thanks to God.

2 Corinthians 9:14

And when they pray, they will wish they could be with you. They will feel this way because of the great grace that God gave you.

2 Corinthians 8:2

These believers have been tested by great troubles, and they are very poor. But their great joy caused them to be very generous in their giving.

1 Timothy 5:13

Also, these younger widows begin to waste their time going from house to house. They also begin to gossip and try to run other people’s lives. They say things they should not say.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

We pray that the Lord will make your love grow. We pray that he will give you more and more love for each other and for all people. We pray that you will love everyone in the same way we love you.

2 Corinthians 8:7

You are rich in everything—in faith, in speaking ability, in knowledge, in the willingness to help, and in the love you learned from us. So now we want you to be rich in this work of giving too.

Romans 12:11

As you serve the Lord, work hard and don’t be lazy. Be excited about serving him!

John 5:42

But I know you—I know that you have no love for God.

Matthew 25:26

“The master answered, ‘You are a bad and lazy servant! You say you knew that I harvest what I did not plant and that I gather crops where I did not put any seed.

Matthew 20:6

About five o’clock the man went to the marketplace again. He saw some other people standing there. He asked them, ‘Why did you stand here all day doing nothing?’

Matthew 20:3

“About nine o’clock the man went to the marketplace and saw some other people standing there. They were doing nothing.

Matthew 13:22

“And what about the seed that fell among the thorny weeds? That is like the people who hear the teaching but let worries about this life and love for money stop it from growing. So it does not produce a crop in their lives.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on sleep, and an appetite for rest brings on hunger.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that they can know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.

Philippians 3:8

Not only these things, but now I think that all things are worth nothing compared with the greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Christ, I lost all these things, and now I know that they are all worthless trash. All I want now is Christ.

Colossians 1:10

that this will help you live in a way that brings honor to the Lord and pleases him in every way; that your life will produce good works of every kind and that you will grow in your knowledge of God;

2 Peter 1:3

Jesus has the power of God. And his power has given us everything we need to live a life devoted to God. We have these things because we know him. Jesus chose us by his glory and goodness,

2 Peter 2:20

People can be made free from the evil in the world. They can be made free by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But if they go back into those evil things and are controlled by them, then it is worse for them than it was before.

2 Peter 3:18

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