2 Peter 1:8

New Century Version

If all these things are in you and are growing, they will help you to be useful and productive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:15

Lazy people sleep a lot, and idle people will go hungry.

Matthew 13:22

And what is the seed that fell among the thorny weeds? That seed is like the person who hears the teaching but lets worries about this life and the temptation of wealth stop that teaching from growing. So the teaching does not produce fruit in that person’s life.

Matthew 20:3

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

Matthew 20:6

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

Matthew 25:26

The master answered, ‘You are a wicked and lazy servant! You say you knew that I harvest things I did not plant and that I gather crops where I did not sow any seed.

John 15:2

He cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit. And he trims and cleans every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit.

John 17:3

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

John 5:42

But I know you—I know that you don’t have God’s love in you.

Romans 12:11

Do not be lazy but work hard, serving the Lord with all your heart.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Do not let anything move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Look closely at yourselves. Test yourselves to see if you are living in the faith. You know that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you fail the test.

2 Corinthians 8:2

They have been tested by great troubles, and they are very poor. But they gave much because of their great joy.

2 Corinthians 8:7

You are rich in everything—in faith, in speaking, in knowledge, in truly wanting to help, and in the love you learned from us. In the same way, be strong also in the grace of giving.

2 Corinthians 9:14

And when they pray, they will wish they could be with you because of the great grace that God has given you.

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;

Philippians 2:5

In your lives you must think and act like Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:8

Not only those things, but I think that all things are worth nothing compared with the greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him, I have lost all those things, and now I know they are worthless trash. This allows me to have Christ

Colossians 1:10

so that you will live the kind of life that honors and pleases the Lord in every way. You will produce fruit in every good work and grow in the knowledge of God.

Colossians 2:7

Keep your roots deep in him and have your lives built on him. Be strong in the faith, just as you were taught, and always be thankful.

Colossians 3:16

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

1 Thessalonians 3:12

May the Lord make your love grow more and multiply for each other and for all people so that you will love others as we love you.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Brothers and sisters, 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 even more.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We must always thank God for you, brothers and sisters. This is only right, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love that every one of you has for each other is increasing.

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides that, they learn to waste their time, going from house to house. And they not only waste their time but also begin to gossip and busy themselves with other people’s lives, saying things they should not say.

Titus 3:14

Our people must learn to use their lives for doing good deeds to provide what is necessary so that their lives will not be useless.

Philemon 1:6

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

Hebrews 6:12

We do not want you to become lazy. Be like those who through faith and patience will receive what God has promised.

2 Peter 1:2

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

2 Peter 1:3

Jesus has the power of God, by which he has given us everything we need to live and to serve God. We have these things because we know him. Jesus called us by his glory and goodness.

2 Peter 2:20

They were made free from the evil in the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But if they return to evil things and those things control 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.