2 Peter 1:8

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • John 15:2 : 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
  • Titus 3:14 : 14 And let our [people] also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • 2 Pet 1:2 : 2 Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
  • Phlm 1:6 : 6 that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ.
  • 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you;
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,--that ye abound more and more.
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And withal they learn also [to be] idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
  • Matt 20:3 : 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the marketplace idle;
  • Matt 20:6 : 6 And about the eleventh [hour] he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
  • Matt 25:26 : 26 But 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 did not scatter;
  • John 5:42 : 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.
  • John 15:6-8 : 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and [so] shall ye be my disciples.
  • Rom 12:11 : 11 in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
  • 2 Cor 5:13-17 : 13 For whether we are beside ourselves, it is unto God; or whether we are of sober mind, it is unto you. 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died; 15 and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again. 16 Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know [him so] no more. 17 Wherefore if any man is in Christ, [he is] a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.
  • 2 Cor 8:2 : 2 how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
  • 2 Cor 8:7 : 7 But as ye abound in everything, [in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all earnestness, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also. [
  • 2 Cor 9:14 : 14 while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, long after you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
  • 2 Cor 13:5 : 5 Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.
  • Phil 1:9 : 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
  • Phil 2:5 : 5 Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
  • Col 2:7 : 7 rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

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