2 Peter 1:8 meaning and explanation
For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Peter, writing near the end of his life, urges believers to build on their faith the qualities he has just listed: virtue, knowledge, self control, perseverance, godliness, kindness and love. Verse 8 says that where these qualities are present and increasing, they keep a person from being idle or unfruitful in knowing Christ.
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