2 Peter 1:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Lacketh

James 2:14

Blind

That he

1 John 1:7

General references

Deuteronomy 6:17

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Luke 11:35

Bible References

Lacketh

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,

Then, looking at him, Jesus loved him and said to him, “You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

When Jesus heard this, He told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith working through love.

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can his faith save him?

Blind

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and asked Him, “We aren’t blind too, are we?”

But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother is in the darkness until now.

Because you say, ‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t know that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

That he

By these He has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires.

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?

to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.

how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve the living God?

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

General references

Carefully observe the commands of the Lord your God, the decrees and statutes He has commanded you.

Because of laziness the roof caves in,
and because of negligent hands the house leaks.

Take care then, that the light in you is not darkness.