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.

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2 Peter 1:8 useless

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)