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2 Peter 1:9

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

But {G1063} he that {G3739} lacketh {G3361}{G3918} these things {G5023} is {G2076} blind {G5185}, and cannot see afar off {G3467}, and hath forgotten {G3024}{G2983} that he was purged from {G2512} his {G846} old {G3819} sins {G266}.

Indeed, whoever lacks them is blind, so shortsighted that he forgets that his past sins have been washed away.

But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

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

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Cross-References

  • 2 Peter 2:18 (5 votes)

    For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

  • 2 Peter 2:20 (5 votes)

    For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

  • 1 John 1:7 (4 votes)

    But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  • 1 John 2:9 (4 votes)

    He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

  • 1 John 2:11 (4 votes)

    But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

  • Ephesians 5:26 (3 votes)

    That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

  • Romans 6:11 (3 votes)

    Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.