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class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/2_peter/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/2_peter/1.htm">New International Version</a> But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins. <a href="/nlt/2_peter/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins. <a href="/esv/2_peter/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. <a href="/bsb/2_peter/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins. <a href="/blb/2_peter/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For in whomever these things are not present, he is blind, being short sighted, having received forgetfulness of the purification from his former sins. <a href="/kjv/2_peter/1.htm">King James Bible</a> But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. <a href="/nkjv/2_peter/1.htm">New King James Version</a> For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. <a href="/nasb_/2_peter/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For the one who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. <a href="/nasb/2_peter/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. <a href="/nasb77/2_peter/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. <a href="/lsb/2_peter/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For in whom these things are not present, that one is blind, being nearsighted, having forgotten the purification from his former sins. <a href="/amp/2_peter/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For 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. <a href="/csb/2_peter/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins. <a href="/hcsb/2_peter/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins. <a href="/asv/2_peter/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. <a href="/cev/2_peter/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But if you don't grow, you are like someone who is nearsighted or blind, and you have forgotten that your past sins are forgiven. <a href="/erv/2_peter/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. <a href="/gwt/2_peter/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> If these qualities aren't present in your life, you're shortsighted and have forgotten that you were cleansed from your past sins. <a href="/gnt/2_peter/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> But if you do not have them, you are so shortsighted that you cannot see and have forgotten that you have been purified from your past sins. <a href="/isv/2_peter/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> For the person who lacks these qualities is blind and shortsighted, and has forgotten the cleansing that he has received from his past sins. <a href="/msb/2_peter/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins. <a href="/net/2_peter/1.htm">NET Bible</a> But concerning the one who lacks such things--he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins. <a href="/nheb/2_peter/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. <a href="/wbt/2_peter/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purified from his old sins. <a href="/wey/2_peter/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For the man in whom they are lacking is blind and cannot see distant objects, in that he has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his old sins. <a href="/web/2_peter/1.htm">World English Bible</a> For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_peter/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins; <a href="/blb/2_peter/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For in whomever these things are not present, he is blind, being short sighted, having received forgetfulness of the purification from his former sins. <a href="/ylt/2_peter/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins; <a href="/slt/2_peter/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For in whom these are not present, he is blind, being affected with shortness of sight, having taken forgetfulness of the cleansing formerly of his sins.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_peter/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For he that hath not these things with him, is blind, and groping, having forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. <a href="/cpdv/2_peter/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For he who does not have these things at hand is blind and groping, being forgetful of his purification from his former offenses. <a href="/nabre/2_peter/1.htm">New American Bible</a> Anyone who lacks them is blind and shortsighted, forgetful of the cleansing of his past sins. <a href="/nrsvce/2_peter/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For anyone who lacks these things is short-sighted and blind, and is forgetful of the cleansing of past sins.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_peter/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But he who lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_peter/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For he in whom these things are not found is blind, because he does not see that he has forgotten the purification of his former sins.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_peter/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> But he who is wanting in these things is blind, and closes his eyes, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. <a href="/godbey/2_peter/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> for he unto whom these things are not present is blind, not seeing afar off, having received the forgetfulness of his purgation from his old sins. <a href="/haweis/2_peter/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> But he that hath no possession of these things, is blind, dim-sighted, sinking into oblivion of his purification from the sins of his former days. <a href="/mace/2_peter/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a> but he that is destitute of them is blind or short-sighted, having forgot he was purified from his past sins. <a href="/wey/2_peter/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For the man in whom they are lacking is blind and cannot see distant objects, in that he has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his old sins. <a href="/worrell/2_peter/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> for he to whom these things are lacking is blind, seeing dimly, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. <a href="/worsley/2_peter/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> But he, that hath not these, is blind, or short-sighted, having forgot his baptismal purification from his former sins. <a href="/parallel/2_peter/1-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gzcat0SlE18?start=83" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_peter/1.htm">Partakers of the Divine Nature</a> …8For 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. 9<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">But</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hō (RelPro-DMS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">whoever</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/3918.htm" title="3918: parestin (V-PIA-3S) -- From para and eimi; to be near, i.e. At hand; neuter present participle time being, or property.">lacks</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: tauta (DPro-NNP) -- This; he, she, it. ">these traits</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">is</a> <a href="/greek/3467.htm" title="3467: myōpazōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To be short-sighted, blink, see dimly. From a compound of the base of musterion and ops; to shut the eyes, i.e. Blink.">nearsighted</a> <a href="/greek/5185.htm" title="5185: typhlos (Adj-NMS) -- Blind, physically or mentally. From, tuphoo; opaque, i.e. blind.">to the point of blindness,</a> <a href="/greek/2983.htm" title="2983: labōn (V-APA-NMS) -- (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. "></a> <a href="/greek/3024.htm" title="3024: lēthēn (N-AFS) -- Forgetfulness, oblivion. From lanthano; forgetfulness.">having forgotten</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">that</a> <a href="/greek/2512.htm" title="2512: katharismou (N-GMS) -- From katharizo; a washing off, i.e. ablution, expiation.">he has been cleansed</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">from his</a> <a href="/greek/3819.htm" title="3819: palai (Adv) -- Of old, long ago, in times past, former. Probably another form for palin; formerly, or sometime since; ancient.">past</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/266.htm" title="266: hamartiōn (N-GFP) -- From hamartano; a sin.">sins.</a> 10Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/james/1-23.htm">James 1:23-24</a> For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, / and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. <a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Hebrews 6:4-6</a> It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, / who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— / and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame. <a href="/matthew/13-22.htm">Matthew 13:22</a> The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. <a href="/1_john/2-11.htm">1 John 2:11</a> But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. <a href="/revelation/3-17.htm">Revelation 3:17</a> You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. <a href="/titus/3-3.htm">Titus 3:3-7</a> For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. / But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, / He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. ... <a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm">Ephesians 4:18</a> They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. <a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a> Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? <a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a> But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. <a href="/colossians/1-21.htm">Colossians 1:21-22</a> Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds. / But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence— <a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">1 Corinthians 6:11</a> And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. <a href="/john/15-2.htm">John 15:2</a> He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. <a href="/philippians/1-9.htm">Philippians 1:9-11</a> And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, / so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, / filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. <a href="/isaiah/42-19.htm">Isaiah 42:19-20</a> Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD? / Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.” <a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm">Jeremiah 4:22</a> “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But he that lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.lacketh.<a href="/2_peter/1-5.htm">2 Peter 1:5-7</a> And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; … <a href="/mark/10-21.htm">Mark 10:21</a> Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.<a href="/luke/18-22.htm">Luke 18:22</a> Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.blind.<a href="/john/9-40.htm">John 9:40,41</a> And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? … <a href="/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">2 Corinthians 4:3,4</a> But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: … <a href="/1_john/2-9.htm">1 John 2:9-11</a> He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now… that he.<a href="/2_peter/1-4.htm">2 Peter 1:4</a> Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.<a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18-20</a> 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… <a href="/romans/6-1.htm">Romans 6:1-4,11</a> What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/11-13.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">Blind</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-2.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Cleansing</a> <a href="/john/11-18.htm">Distant</a> <a href="/james/1-25.htm">Forgetful</a> <a href="/james/1-24.htm">Forgotten</a> <a href="/james/1-5.htm">Lacks</a> <a href="/james/1-25.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/romans/11-31.htm">Objects</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-8.htm">Present</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-2.htm">Purged</a> <a href="/mark/7-19.htm">Purging</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Purification</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-22.htm">Purified</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-8.htm">Qualities</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-8.htm">Sins</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm">Blind</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-32.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Cleansing</a> <a href="/exodus/36-22.htm">Distant</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-2.htm">Forgetful</a> <a href="/genesis/27-45.htm">Forgotten</a> <a href="/numbers/31-49.htm">Lacks</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-12.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/numbers/4-19.htm">Objects</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-12.htm">Present</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-14.htm">Purged</a> <a href="/mark/7-19.htm">Purging</a> <a href="/exodus/29-36.htm">Purification</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-15.htm">Purified</a> <a href="/daniel/6-3.htm">Qualities</a> <a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">Sins</a><div class="vheading2">2 Peter 1</div>1. <a href="/2_peter/1-1.htm">Peter confirms the hope of the increase of God's grace,</a> 5. <a href="/2_peter/1-5.htm">exhorts them, by faith, and good works, to make their calling sure;</a> 12. <a href="/2_peter/1-12.htm">whereof he is careful to remind them, knowing that his death is at hand;</a> 16. <a href="/2_peter/1-16.htm">and assures them of the authenticity of the Gospel, by the eyewitness of the apostles and the prophets.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_peter/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_peter/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_peter/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>But whoever lacks these traits This phrase refers to the qualities listed in the preceding verses, such as faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. These traits are essential for spiritual growth and maturity. The absence of these qualities indicates a deficiency in one's spiritual life, suggesting a lack of transformation and sanctification that should accompany a believer's faith journey.is nearsighted to the point of blindness The metaphor of nearsightedness and blindness highlights a spiritual condition where one is unable to see beyond immediate circumstances or personal desires. This condition reflects a lack of spiritual insight and understanding, akin to the Pharisees whom Jesus criticized for their spiritual blindness (<a href="/john/9-39.htm">John 9:39-41</a>). It suggests a failure to grasp the eternal perspective and the deeper truths of the Christian faith.having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins This phrase emphasizes the importance of remembering one's redemption and the cleansing power of Christ's sacrifice. Forgetting this foundational truth can lead to a life that does not reflect the transformative power of the Gospel. The cleansing from past sins is a central theme in Christian doctrine, as seen in passages like 1 <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a>, which speaks of confession and forgiveness. This forgetfulness can result in a lack of gratitude and motivation to pursue holiness, as the believer loses sight of the grace that has been extended to them.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The author of the epistle, one of Jesus' twelve apostles, known for his leadership in the early church and his close relationship with Jesus. 2. <a href="/topical/r/recipients_of_the_epistle.htm">Recipients of the Epistle</a> Believers in the early church, likely facing challenges in maintaining their faith amidst false teachings and persecution. 3. <a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a> A recurring theme in 2 Peter, these individuals were leading believers astray with incorrect doctrines and immoral practices. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_early_church.htm">The Early Church</a> The community of believers during the first century, striving to live out their faith in a hostile environment. 5. <a href="/topical/c/cleansing_from_past_sins.htm">Cleansing from Past Sins</a> A reference to the transformative power of salvation through Jesus Christ, which is central to Christian doctrine.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_blindness_and_forgetfulness.htm">Spiritual Blindness and Forgetfulness</a> Spiritual blindness occurs when believers fail to cultivate the virtues listed in <a href="/2_peter/1-5.htm">2 Peter 1:5-7</a>. This blindness is a result of forgetting the cleansing from past sins, which should motivate a life of godliness. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_growth.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Growth</a> Peter emphasizes the necessity of growing in faith and virtue. Stagnation in spiritual life can lead to a regression into old, sinful patterns. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_remembrance_in_faith.htm">The Role of Remembrance in Faith</a> Remembering the cleansing from past sins is crucial for maintaining a vibrant faith. This remembrance fuels gratitude and a desire to live in a way that honors God. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_complacency.htm">The Danger of Complacency</a> Complacency in spiritual life can lead to a lack of fruitfulness. Believers are called to be diligent in their pursuit of godliness to avoid spiritual stagnation. <a href="/topical/p/practical_steps_for_cultivating_virtue.htm">Practical Steps for Cultivating Virtue</a> Engage in regular self-examination, prayer, and study of Scripture to ensure that the traits of faith are being developed and maintained.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_peter_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Peter 1</a> <a href="/q/why_do_demons_remain_silent.htm">What does being called into marvelous light mean?</a> <a href="/q/who_is_jesus_christ.htm">Who is Jesus Christ?</a> <a href="/q/is_being_clean_akin_to_being_godly.htm">Is being clean akin to being godly?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_2_peter_1's_effort_resolved.htm">Some argue 2 Peter 1 contradicts other scriptures by emphasizing human effort (“make every effort” in verse 5) within salvation; how is this tension resolved?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_peter/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) But he that lacketh.--Rather, for he that lacketh. Geneva and Rheims have "for." The "for" introduces the second reason for the exhortation to furnish forth all these graces--viz., the evil of not having them. The Greek implies absence of possession in any degree, not merely absence of permanent possession. (See first Note on <a href="/2_peter/1-8.htm" title="For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.">2Peter 1:8</a>.)Is blind.--We might have expected "will be idle and unfruitful, &c.," but the writer is not content with merely emphasizing what has just been said, after the manner of St. John (e.g., <a href="/2_peter/1-3.htm" title="According as his divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us to glory and virtue:">2Peter 1:3</a>; <a href="/1_john/1-5.htm" title="This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.">1John 1:5</a>; <a href="/1_john/2-4.htm" title="He that said, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.">1John 2:4</a>; <a href="/context/1_john/2-27.htm" title="But the anointing which you have received of him stays in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in him.">1John 2:27-28</a>; <a href="/context/1_john/4-2.htm" title="Hereby know you the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:">1John 4:2-3</a>; <a href="/1_john/4-6.htm" title="We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God hears not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.">1John 4:6</a>); he puts the case in a new way, with a new metaphor equally, applicable to the subject of knowledge. Note that he does not say "will be blind," but" is blind." The very fact of his possessing none of these graces shows that he has no eye for them. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_peter/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off; literally, for he to whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted. We cannot attain to the knowledge of Christ without these graces, for he who has them not is blind, or, at the best, short-sighted, like one who blinks with his eyes when he tries to see distant objects, and cannot bear the full light of day. Such a man can only see the things which lie close around him - earth and earthly things; he cannot lift up his eyes by faith and behold "the land that is very far off;" he cannot "see the King in his beauty" (<a href="/isaiah/33-17.htm">Isaiah 33:17</a>). The word for "short-sighted" (μυωπάζων) occurs only here in the New Testament. And hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins; literally, having incurred forgetfulness of the cleansing from his old sins. St. Peter is apparently thinking of the one baptism for the remission of sin. Ananias had said to Saul, "Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins" (<a href="/acts/22-16.htm">Acts 22:16</a>); St. Peter himself had said, in his first great sermon, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins." Those who do not realize in the religious life that death unto sin of which holy baptism is the sign and the beginning, incur forgetfulness of the cleansing from sin which they then received; they do not use the grace once given for the attainment of those higher graces of which St. Peter has been speaking. The one talent once entrusted to them must be taken from them; they are idle and unfruitful, and cannot reach unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (comp. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">1 Corinthians 6:11</a>; <a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Ephesians 5:26</a>; <a href="/1_peter/3-21.htm">1 Peter 3:21</a>). <a href="/commentaries/2_peter/1-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[But] γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. whoever ᾧ (hō) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. lacks πάρεστιν (parestin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3918.htm">Strong's 3918: </a> From para and eimi; to be near, i.e. At hand; neuter present participle time being, or property. these [ traits ] ταῦτα (tauta) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. nearsighted μυωπάζων (myōpazōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> To be short-sighted, blink, see dimly. From a compound of the base of musterion and ops; to shut the eyes, i.e. Blink. to the point of blindness, τυφλός (typhlos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5185.htm">Strong's 5185: </a> Blind, physically or mentally. From, tuphoo; opaque, i.e. blind. having forgotten λήθην (lēthēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3024.htm">Strong's 3024: </a> Forgetfulness, oblivion. From lanthano; forgetfulness. that τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. he has been cleansed καθαρισμοῦ (katharismou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2512.htm">Strong's 2512: </a> From katharizo; a washing off, i.e. ablution, expiation. from his αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. past πάλαι (palai) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3819.htm">Strong's 3819: </a> Of old, long ago, in times past, former. Probably another form for palin; formerly, or sometime since; ancient. sins. ἁμαρτιῶν (hamartiōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_266.htm">Strong's 266: </a> From hamartano; a sin. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_peter/1-9.htm">2 Peter 1:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_peter/1-9.htm">2 Peter 1:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_peter/1-9.htm">2 Peter 1:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_peter/1-9.htm">2 Peter 1:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_peter/1-9.htm">2 Peter 1:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_peter/1-9.htm">2 Peter 1:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_peter/1-9.htm">2 Peter 1:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_peter/1-9.htm">2 Peter 1:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_peter/1-9.htm">2 Peter 1:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_peter/1-9.htm">2 Peter 1:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-9.htm">NT Letters: 2 Peter 1:9 For he who lacks these things (2 Pet. 2P iiP ii Pet) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_peter/1-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Peter 1:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Peter 1:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_peter/1-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Peter 1:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Peter 1:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>