2 Peter 1:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

For if these things are in you and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} if{G5225} these things{G5023} are{G5225} yours{G5213} and{G2532} abound,{G4121} they make{G2525} you{G5213} to be not{G3756} idle{G692} nor{G3761} unfruitful{G175} unto the knowledge{G1922} of{G2962} our{G2257} Lord{G2962} Jesus{G2424} Christ.{G5547}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} if these things{G5023} be{G5225}{(G5723)} in you{G5213}, and{G2532} abound{G4121}{(G5723)}, they make{G2525}{(G5719)} you that ye shall neither{G3756} be barren{G692} nor{G3761} unfruitful{G175} in{G1519} the knowledge{G1922} of our{G2257} Lord{G2962} Jesus{G2424} Christ{G5547}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For yf these thinges be amonge you and are plenteous they wyll make you that ye nether shalbe ydle nor vnfrutefull in the knowledge of oure LORde Iesus Christ.

  • 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.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For if these things be among you, and abound, they will make you that ye neither shalbe idle, nor vnfruitfull in the acknowledging of our Lord Iesus Christ:

  • 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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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,

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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.

Referenced Verses

  • John 15:2 : 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it may produce more fruit.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
  • Titus 3:14 : 14 And let our people also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, that they may not be unfruitful.
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 That you not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • 2 Pet 1:2 : 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
  • Phlm 1:6 : 6 That the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all people, just as we do toward you:
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brothers, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds;
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And besides, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossipers and busybodies, speaking things they ought not.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.
  • Matt 20:3 : 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
  • Matt 20:6 : 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all day idle?
  • Matt 25:26 : 26 But his lord answered and said to him, You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
  • John 15:6-8 : 6 If anyone does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you shall be my disciples.
  • Rom 12:11 : 11 Not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
  • 2 Cor 5:13-17 : 13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all died: 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and rose again. 16 Therefore from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
  • 2 Cor 8:2 : 2 How in a severe test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the riches of their generosity.
  • 2 Cor 8:7 : 7 Therefore, as you abound in everything, in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us, see that you abound in this grace also.
  • 2 Cor 9:14 : 14 And by their prayer for you, who long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
  • 2 Cor 13:5 : 5 Examine yourselves, whether you are in the faith; prove your own selves. Do you not know your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are reprobates?
  • Phil 1:9 : 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
  • Phil 2:5 : 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
  • Col 2:7 : 7 Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

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    2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

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