2 Peter 1:8

New American Bible - revised edition

If these are yours and increase in abundance, they will keep you from being idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the sluggard goes hungry.

Matthew 13:22

The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit.

Matthew 20:3

Going out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

Matthew 20:6

Going out about five o’clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’

Matthew 25:26

His master said to him in reply, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where I did not scatter?

John 15:2

He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.

John 17:3

Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

John 5:42

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

Romans 12:11

Do not grow slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless, of course, you fail the test.

2 Corinthians 8:2

for in a severe test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their profound poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

2 Corinthians 8:7

Now as you excel in every respect, in faith, discourse, knowledge, all earnestness, and in the love we have for you, may you excel in this gracious act also.

2 Corinthians 9:14

while in prayer on your behalf they long for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.

Philippians 1:9

And this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception,

Philippians 2:5

Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus,

Philippians 3:8

More than that, I even consider everything as a loss because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have accepted the loss of all things and I consider them so much rubbish, that I may gain Christ

Colossians 1:10

to live in a manner worthy of the Lord, so as to be fully pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit and growing in the knowledge of God,

Colossians 2:7

rooted in him and built upon him and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we have for you,

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally, brothers, we earnestly ask and exhort you in the Lord Jesus that, as you received from us how you should conduct yourselves to please God—and as you are conducting yourselves—you do so even more.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We ought to thank God always for you, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith flourishes ever more, and the love of every one of you for one another grows ever greater.

1 Timothy 5:13

And furthermore, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers but gossips and busybodies as well, talking about things that ought not to be mentioned.

Titus 3:14

But let our people, too, learn to devote themselves to good works to supply urgent needs, so that they may not be unproductive.

Philemon 1:6

so that your partnership in the faith may become effective in recognizing every good there is in us that leads to Christ. Plea for Onesimus.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who, through faith and patience, are inheriting the promises. God’s Promise Immutable.

2 Peter 1:2

may grace and peace be yours in abundance through knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. The Power of God’s Promise.

2 Peter 1:3

His divine power has bestowed on us everything that makes for life and devotion, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and power.

2 Peter 2:20

For if they, having escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of [our] Lord and savior Jesus Christ, again become entangled and overcome by them, their last condition is worse than their first.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and to the day of eternity. [Amen.]