Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. New Living Translation The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. English Standard Version For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Berean Standard Bible For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Berean Literal Bible For these things being in you and abounding, make you neither idle nor unfruitful as to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. King James Bible For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. New King James Version For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. New American Standard Bible For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they do not make you useless nor unproductive in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. NASB 1995 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. NASB 1977 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Legacy Standard Bible For if these things are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amplified Bible For as these qualities are yours and are increasing [in you as you grow toward spiritual maturity], they will keep you from being useless and unproductive in regard to the true knowledge and greater understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ. Christian Standard Bible For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Holman Christian Standard Bible For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. American Standard Version For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Contemporary English Version If you keep growing in this way, it will show that what you know about our Lord Jesus Christ has made your lives useful and meaningful. English Revised Version For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. GOD'S WORD® Translation If you have these qualities and they are increasing, it demonstrates that your knowledge about our Lord Jesus Christ is living and productive. 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. International Standard Version For if you possess these qualities, and if they continue to increase among you, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in attaining a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah. Majority Standard Bible For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. NET Bible For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately. New Heart English Bible For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Webster's Bible Translation For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Weymouth New Testament If these things exist in you, and continually increase, they prevent your being either idle or unfruitful in advancing towards a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. World English Bible For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionfor these things being in you and abounding, make [you] neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, Berean Literal Bible For these things being in you and abounding, make you neither idle nor unfruitful as to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Young's Literal Translation for these things being to you and abounding, do make you neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ, Smith's Literal Translation For these being to you, and abounding, they establish you not without effort, neither unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor if these things be with you and abound, they will make you to be neither empty nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Catholic Public Domain Version For if these things are with you, and if they abound, they will cause you to be neither empty, nor without fruit, within the plan of our Lord Jesus Christ. New American Bible 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. New Revised Standard Version For if these things are yours and are increasing among you, they keep you from being ineffective and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor when these things are found among you and abound, you are not empty nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our LORD Jesus Christ. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For when these things are found in you and abound, they prove you are not lazy nor fruitless in the teaching of our Lord Yeshua The Messiah. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentFor if these things be in you, and abound, they cause you to be neither idle, nor unfruitful as it respects the acknowledgment of our Lord Jesus Christ. Godbey New Testament For these things, being in you and overflowing, render you neither barren nor unfruitful in the perfect knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; Haweis New Testament For if these things are in your possession, and abounding, they will render you neither inactive nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Mace New Testament for if you are possess'd of these virtues and improve therein, they will prevent the knowledge you have of our Lord Jesus Christ from being useless to others, and unprofitable to yourselves. Weymouth New Testament If these things exist in you, and continually increase, they prevent your being either idle or unfruitful in advancing towards a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Worrell New Testament For these things, belonging to you and abounding, make you neither idle nor unfruitful regarding the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; Worsley New Testament For if these be in you and abound, they will not suffer you to be idle, nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Partakers of the Divine Nature…7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.… Cross References Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. John 15:5 I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. Colossians 1:10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, Philippians 1:11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. James 2:17 So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead. Matthew 7:17-20 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. / A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. / Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ... Ephesians 4:1-3 As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: / with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, / and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Romans 6:22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life. Titus 3:14 And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful. Hebrews 6:7-8 For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God. / But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned. 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. John 15:2 He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more. Matthew 13:23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.” Luke 8:15 But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop. Treasury of Scripture For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. in you. John 5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 2 Corinthians 9:14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? and abound. 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 2 Corinthians 8:2,7 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality… Philippians 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; they. John 15:7,8 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you… 2 Corinthians 5:13-17 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause… barren. Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. Matthew 20:3,6 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, … Matthew 25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: unfruitful. Matthew 13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. John 15:2,6 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit… Titus 3:14 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. in. Jump to Previous Abound Abounding Acknowledging Advancing Barren Christ Continually Either Exist Existing Fertile Fruit Full Good Idle Increase Increasing Ineffective Jesus Measure Possess Prevent Qualities Regard Render Towards True. Unfruitful UselessJump to Next Abound Abounding Acknowledging Advancing Barren Christ Continually Either Exist Existing Fertile Fruit Full Good Idle Increase Increasing Ineffective Jesus Measure Possess Prevent Qualities Regard Render Towards True. Unfruitful Useless2 Peter 1 1. Peter confirms the hope of the increase of God's grace,5. exhorts them, by faith, and good works, to make their calling sure; 12. whereof he is careful to remind them, knowing that his death is at hand; 16. and assures them of the authenticity of the Gospel, by the eyewitness of the apostles and the prophets. For if you possess these qualities The phrase "these qualities" refers back to the virtues listed in the preceding verses (2 Peter 1:5-7), which include faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. The Greek word for "possess" (ὑπάρχω, hyparchō) implies not just having these qualities but having them as an integral part of one's being. This suggests a deep, intrinsic ownership of these virtues, indicating that they are not superficial or temporary but are deeply rooted in the believer's character. and continue to grow in them they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ And abound.--Strictly, and multiply or increase. (Comp. Romans 5:20, and Note there; Romans 6:1; 2Thessalonians 1:3, where the same inadequate translation occurs in the Authorised version.) Neither be barren nor unfruitful.--Better, not idle nor yet unfruitful. Cranmer, Tyndale, and Geneva all have "ydle." The Greek word literally means "without work"--i.e., doing nothing, as" unfruitful" means producing nothing. "That ye shall be" is not in the Greek, and is not needed. The two adjectives "idle" and "unfruitful" exactly correspond to the two verbs "be in you" and "increase." If these things be in you, you will be morally active; if they increase, you will be morally productive. In the knowledge.--Rather, unto the knowledge; the fuller, more advanced knowledge of 2Peter 1:2-3, and 2Peter 2:20. This is the goal towards which all these virtues tend, the fruit which they tend to produce--the perfect knowledge of Christ. Those who are the most like Christ in their lives have the fullest knowledge of Him in this world, a knowledge to be perfected in the next world, when, purified from sin, "we shall see Him as He is." This clause, without the negatives, accurately describes the condition of the false teachers whom the Apostle has in view. They were both "idle and unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." They neither did nor produced anything that in any degree advanced such knowledge either in themselves or others. The list of virtues just commended (2Peter 1:5-7) constitutes a solemn indictment against them. Practical infidelity leading to vicious conduct; a hollow and pretentious philosophy leading to libertinism; an impatience of control leading to utter godlessness; a selfish indifference to the claims of those nearest to them ending in absolute heartlessness towards all men--such is the charge brought against them, by implication here, directly in 2 Peter 2. . . . Verse 8. - For if these things be in you, and abound; literally, for these things belonging to you and abounding make, etc. The word used here (ὑπάρχοντα) implies actual possession; these graces must be made our own; they must be wrought into our characters: then they will increase and multiply, for the grace of God cannot lie still, it must ever he advancing from glory to glory. They make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; literally, they make you not idle nor yet unfruitful towards the full knowledge. The Greek word for "knowledge" is ἐπίγνωσις (on which see verse 2, and note there). Here we know only in part, we see through a glass darkly; but that imperfect knowledge should be ever growing, increasing in fullness and distinctness (see chapter 2 Peter 3:18). The various graces of the Christian character, realized in the heart, will lead us on towards that fuller knowledge of Christ; if they are really ours, they will not allow us to be idle, they must bring forth the fruit of good works; and the life of righteousness by faith draws the Christian onwards in the knowledge of Christ: we learn to knew him by following him (comp. Philippians 3:9, 10; Colossians 1:10).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. [if] you ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. possess ὑπάρχοντα (hyparchonta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Neuter Plural Strong's 5225: To begin, am, exist, be in possession. From hupo and archomai; to begin under, i.e. Come into existence; expletively, to exist (verb). these [ qualities ] ταῦτα (tauta) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Plural Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. continue to grow [in them], πλεονάζοντα (pleonazonta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Neuter Plural Strong's 4121: From pleion; to do, make or be more, i.e. Increase; by extension, to superabound. they will keep you from being καθίστησιν (kathistēsin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2525: From kata and histemi; to place down, i.e. to designate, constitute, convoy. ineffective ἀργοὺς (argous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 692: Idle, lazy, thoughtless, unprofitable, injurious. (by implication) lazy, useless. and οὐδὲ (oude) Conjunction Strong's 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even. unproductive ἀκάρπους (akarpous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 175: Unfruitful, barren, profitless. Barren. in εἰς (eis) Preposition Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. [your] τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. knowledge ἐπίγνωσιν (epignōsin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1922: From epiginosko; recognition, i.e. full discernment, acknowledgement. of our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Lord Κυρίου (Kyriou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. Jesus Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. Christ. Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. Links 2 Peter 1:8 NIV2 Peter 1:8 NLT 2 Peter 1:8 ESV 2 Peter 1:8 NASB 2 Peter 1:8 KJV 2 Peter 1:8 BibleApps.com 2 Peter 1:8 Biblia Paralela 2 Peter 1:8 Chinese Bible 2 Peter 1:8 French Bible 2 Peter 1:8 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Peter 1:8 For if these things are yours (2 Pet. 2P iiP ii Pet) |
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