2 Peter 1:9

2 Peter chapter 1 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

v.8For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

v.9This passage

v.10Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Titus 2:14
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
Galatians 5:13
For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
John 9:40
Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind?
Hebrews 9:14
how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
1 John 1:7
but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Mark 10:21
And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.