2 Peter 1:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For yf these thynges be among you, and be plenteous, they wyll make you that ye neither shalbe idle nor vnfruitefull in the knowledge of our Lorde Iesus Christe.

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  • John 15:2 : 2 Euery braunche that beareth not fruite in me, he will take away: And euery braunche that beareth fruite wyll he pourge, that it may bryng foorth more fruite.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the worde of God dwell in you richly in all wisdome, teachyng and admonisshyng your owne selues, in psalmes, and hymmes, and spirituall songes, singyng with grace in your heartes to the Lorde.
  • Titus 3:14 : 14 And let ours also learne to excell in good workes to necessarie vses, that they be not vnfruitefull.
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 That ye faynt not, but be folowers of them which through fayth and pacience inherite the promises.
  • 2 Pet 1:2 : 2 Grace and peace be multiplied vnto you, through the knowledge of God, and of Iesus our Lorde:
  • Phlm 1:6 : 6 That the felowshippe of thy fayth may be effectuall in the knowledge of euery good worke which is in you, towarde Christe Iesus.
  • 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 And the Lorde encrease you, & make you abounde in loue one towarde another, and towarde all men, euen as we also towarde you,
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore we besech you brethren, & exhorte you by the Lorde Iesus, that ye encrease more and more, as ye haue receaued of vs, how ye ought to walke and to please God.
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to thanke God alwayes for you brethren, as it is meete, because that your fayth groweth exceedyngly, and the loue of euery one of you toward another aboundeth:
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 They learne to wander about from house to house idle: yea not idle only, but also tatlers and busybodies, speakyng thynges which are not comely.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 He also that receaued seede into the thornes, is he that heareth the worde: and the care of this worlde, and the disceiptfulnes of ryches, choke vp the worde, and so is he made vnfruitfull.
  • Matt 20:3 : 3 And he went out about the thirde houre, and sawe other standyng idle in the market place,
  • Matt 20:6 : 6 And about the eleuenth houre, he wet out, and founde other standyng idle, and saide vnto them: why stande ye here all the day idle?
  • Matt 25:26 : 26 His Lorde aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Thou euyll and slouthfull seruaut, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I haue not strowed,
  • John 5:42 : 42 But I knowe you, that ye haue not the loue of God in you.
  • John 15:6-8 : 6 Yf a man byde not in me, he is cast foorth as a braunch, and withereth, and men gather them, and cast them into the fyre, and they burne. 7 Yf ye byde in me, and my wordes abyde in you, aske what ye wyll, and it shalbe done for you. 8 Herein is my father glorified: that ye beare much fruite, and become my disciples.
  • Rom 12:11 : 11 Not lither in businesse, feruent in spirite, seruyng the Lorde,
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therfore my beloued brethren, be ye stedfast, vnmouable, alwayes riche in the worke of the Lorde, forasmuch as ye knowe that your labour is not in vayne in the Lorde.
  • 2 Cor 5:13-17 : 13 For yf we be to feruent, to God are we to feruent: Or yf we kepe measure, for your cause kepe we measure. 14 For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs, because we thus iudge, that yf one dyed for all, then were all dead. 15 And he dyed for all, that they which lyue, shoulde not hencefoorth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto hym which dyed for them, and rose agayne. 16 Wherefore hencefoorth knowe we no man after the flesshe: Insomuche, though we haue knowen Christe after the flesshe, nowe yet hencefoorth knowe we hym so no more. 17 Therfore yf any man be in Christe, he is a newe creature. Olde thynges are passed awaye, beholde all thynges are become newe.
  • 2 Cor 8:2 : 2 Howe that ye aboundance of their reioycing is, that they are tryed with muche tribulation. And though they were exceedyng poore, yet haue they geuen exceedyng rychlye, and that in singlenesse.
  • 2 Cor 8:7 : 7 Nowe therefore as ye are riche in all thinges, in fayth, in worde, in knowledge, in all feruentnesse, and in loue, which ye haue to vs: euen so, see that ye be plenteous in this grace also.
  • 2 Cor 9:14 : 14 And by their prayers for you, which long after you, for the aboundaunt grace of God in you.
  • 2 Cor 13:5 : 5 Examine your selues, whether ye are in the fayth: Proue your owne selues. Knowe ye not your owne selues, howe that Iesus Christe is in you? except ye be reprobates.
  • Phil 1:9 : 9 And this I pray, that your loue may abounde yet more and more in knowledge, and in all vnderstandyng:
  • Phil 2:5 : 5 Let ye same mynde be in you, which was in Christe Iesus:
  • Col 2:7 : 7 Rooted and built in hym, & stablished in the fayth, as ye haue ben taught, aboundyng therin with thankes geuing.

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