2 Peter 1:8

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If you take on these qualities more and more, they’ll make you useful and fruitful as you come to know our Lord Jesus Christ.

Cross References

Titus 3:14

Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good. Then they’ll be able to take care of people who have urgent needs, and they won’t be living useless lives.

Colossians 3:16

Let the message about Christ live among you richly as you teach and correct one another with great wisdom. Sing psalms and hymns and songs from the Spirit to God with gratitude in your hearts.

John 15:2

He cuts off any of my branches that don’t bear fruit, and he trims every branch that does bear fruit so that it will bear even more fruit.

Hebrews 6:12

We don’t want you to become lazy. Instead, imitate those who receive through faith and patience what God has promised.

Philippians 1:9

And so I pray that your love will grow more and more in knowledge and understanding.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Now I want to talk about some other matters, brothers and sisters. We taught you how to live in a way that pleases God, and that’s how you’re living. But in the name of the Lord Jesus, we ask you and urge you to do that more and more.

1 Corinthians 15:58

My dear brothers and sisters, remain strong in the faith. Don’t let anything move you. Always give yourselves completely to the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord, your work isn’t for nothing.

2 Peter 1:2

May more and more grace and peace be yours as you come to know God and Jesus our Lord.

Philemon 1:6

I pray that the faith we have in common will help you understand even better every good thing that we share for the sake of Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We should always thank God for you, brothers and sisters. That’s only right, because your faith is growing more and more and your love for one another is increasing.

Philippians 2:5

In your relationships with one another, have the same attitude that Jesus did.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Take a good look at yourselves to see if you really are believers. Test yourselves. Don’t you realize that Christ Jesus is in you? Unless, of course, you fail the test!

Colossians 2:7

Put down deep roots and build yourselves up in him. Grow strong in your faith, just as you were taught, and overflow with thanksgiving.

2 Corinthians 9:14

They’ll pray for you with hearts full of gratitude because God has given you so much grace.

2 Corinthians 8:2

They were going through a great trial, but they were still overflowing with joy, so that even though they were very poor, they gave generously.

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides, younger widows can get into the habit of being lazy and going around from house to house, wasting their time and bothering other people. They can talk nonsense and say things they shouldn’t.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

May the Lord make your love grow and overflow for one another and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.

2 Corinthians 8:7

Since you do so well in everything else—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in eagerness, and in the love we taught you—make sure that you also do well in the grace of giving to others.

Romans 12:11

Don’t ever become complacent, but stay excited about your faith as you serve the Lord.

John 5:42

and I know that you don’t have the love of God in your hearts.

Matthew 25:26

“His master replied, ‘You bad, lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I haven’t planted and that I gather crops where I haven’t scattered seed?

Matthew 20:6

About five o’clock he went out and found others still standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?’

Matthew 20:3

“About nine o’clock, he went out again and saw others standing in the market doing nothing.

Matthew 13:22

The seed that fell among the thorns stands for those who hear the message but then have it crowded out by the worries of this life and the false promises of wealth, which keep it from producing fruit.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you’ve sent.

Philippians 3:8

In fact, I consider everything to be worthless compared with knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Knowing him is worth much more than anything else. Because of him I’ve lost everything, but I look at it all as garbage so that I can know Christ better.

Colossians 1:10

Then you’ll be able to lead a life that is worthy of the Lord and please him in every way. You’ll bear fruit in every good thing you do, you’ll get to know God better,

2 Peter 1:3

God’s power has given us everything we need to lead a godly life. We have come to know the God who called us by his own glory and goodness.

2 Peter 2:20

They may have escaped from the corruption of the world, and they may have come to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But if they get tangled up again in sin, and it becomes their master, then they’re worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.

2 Peter 3:18

So grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May he receive glory both now and forever. Amen.