2 Peter 1:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

For yf these thinges be plenteous in you, they will not let you be ydle nor vnfrutefull in ye knowlege of oure LORDE Iesus Christ.

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  • John 15:2 : 2 Euery braunch that bringeth not forth frute in me, shal he cut of: and euery one that bryngeth forth frute, shal he pourge, yt it maye bringe forth more frute.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let ye worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wyssdome. Teach and exhorte youre awne selues with psalmes and ymnes, and spirituall songes which haue fauoure with them, synginge in youre hertes to the LORDE.
  • Titus 3:14 : 14 And let oures also learne to excell in good workes, as farre forth as nede requyreth, that they be not vnfrutefull.
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 that ye faynte not, but folowe them which thorow faith and paciece inheret the promyses.
  • 2 Pet 1:2 : 2 Grace and peace be multiplied with you thorow the knowlege of God and of Iesus Christ oure LORDE.
  • Phlm 1:6 : 6 that oure comen faith maye be frutefull in the, thorow knowlege of all ye good that ye haue in Christ Iesu.
  • 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 But the LORDE increace you, & make you flowe ouer in loue one towarde another, and towarde all men (euen as we do towarde you)
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Fvrthermore we beseke you brethren and exhorte you in the LORDE Iesus, that ye increace more and more, euen as ye haue receaued of vs how ye oughte to walke and to please God.
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bounde to thanke God allwayes for you brethren, as it is mete: because that youre faith groweth exceadingly, and the loue of euery one of you increaseth towarde another amoge youre selues,
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 Besydes this they are ydell, and lerne to runne aboute fro house to house. Not onely are they ydell, but also tryflinge & busybodies, speakynge thinges which are not comly.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 As for him that is sowne amonge ye thornes, this is he: Wha one heareth the worde, & the carefulnes of this worlde, & the disceatfulnes of riches choke the worde, & so he becometh vnfrutefull.
  • Matt 20:3 : 3 And aboute ye thirde houre he wente out, and sawe other stondinge ydle in the market place,
  • Matt 20:6 : 6 And aboute the eleuenth houre he wete out, and founde other stodynge ydle, and sayde vnto them: Why stonde ye here all the daye ydle?
  • Matt 25:26 : 26 But his lorde answered, and sayde vnto him: Thou euell and slouthfull seruaunt, knewest thou that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not?
  • John 5:42 : 42 But I knowe you, that ye haue not the loue of God in you.
  • John 15:6-8 : 6 He that abydeth not in me, is cast out as a vyne braunche, and it wythereth, and men gather it vp, and cast it in to the fyre, and it burneth. 7 Yf ye abyde in me, and my wordes abyde in you, ye shal axe what ye wyl, & it shal be done vnto you. 8 Herin is my father praysed, that ye brynge forth moch frute, and become my disciples.
  • Rom 12:11 : 11 Be not slouthfull in the busynesse that ye haue in hande. Be feruent in the sprete. Applye youre selues vnto the tyme.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therfore my deare brethre, be ye stedfast, vnmoueable, & all waye riche in the worke of the LORDE, for as moch as ye knowe, that youre laboure is not in vayne in the LORDE.
  • 2 Cor 5:13-17 : 13 For yf we do to moch, we do it vnto God: yf we kepe measure,we do it for youre sakes. 14 For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs, in as moch as we thus iudge, that yf one be deed for all, then are all deed. 15 And therfore dyed he for all, that they which lyue, shulde not hence forth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto him, which dyed for them and rose agayne. 16 Therfore hence forth knowe we noman after ye flesh: and though we haue knowne Christ also after the flesh, yet knowe we him now so nomore. 17 Therfore yf eny man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Olde thinges are past awaye, beholde, all are become new.
  • 2 Cor 8:2 : 2 For their reioysinge was most abundaunt, whan they were tryed by moch trouble: & though they were exceadinge poore, yet haue they geue exceadinge richely, and that in synglenesse.
  • 2 Cor 8:7 : 7 Now as ye are riche in all poyntes, in faith and in worde, and in knowlege, and in all diligence, and in youre loue towarde vs, euen so se that ye be plenteous also in this benyuolece.
  • 2 Cor 9:14 : 14 and in their prayer for you, which longe after you, for the abundaunt grace of God in you.
  • 2 Cor 13:5 : 5 Proue youre selues, whether ye are in the faith, exame youre selues. Or knowe ye not yor selues, yt Iesus Christ is in you? Excepte ye be cast awayes.
  • Phil 1:9 : 9 And for the same I praye, yt yor loue maye increace more & more in all maner of knowlege and in all experience,
  • Phil 2:5 : 5 Let the same mynde be in you, that was in Christ Iesu:
  • Col 2:7 : 7 and be roted & buylded in him, and be stedfast in faith, as ye haue learned: & be plenteous in the same in geuynge thankes.

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    9 But he that lacketh these thinges, is blynde, & gropeth for the waye with the hade, and hath forgotten, that he was clensed from his olde synnes.

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    2 Grace and peace be multiplied with you thorow the knowlege of God and of Iesus Christ oure LORDE.

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    4 wherby the excellent and most greate promyses are geue vnto vs: namely, that ye by the same shulde be partakers of the godly nature, yf ye flye the corrupte lust of the worlde:

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