2 Peter 1:7-9

Amplified Bible

⁷and in your godliness, brotherly affection, and in your brotherly affection, [develop Christian] love [that is, learn to unselfishly seek the best for others and to do things for their benefit]. ⁸For 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. ⁹For whoever lacks these qualities is blind—shortsighted [closing his spiritual eyes to the truth], having become oblivious to the fact that he was cleansed from his old sins.

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2 Peter 1:7-9

King James Version

⁷And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

⁸For 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.

⁹But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

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2 Peter 1:7-9

New International Version

⁷and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.^(A) ⁸For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive^(B) in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.^(C) ⁹But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind,^(D) forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.^(E)

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2 Peter 1:7-9

New King James Version

⁷to godliness brotherly kindness, and ^(A)to brotherly kindness love. ⁸For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither ^[a]barren ^(B)nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹For he who lacks these things is ^(C)shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.