2 Peter 1:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ and to your ·service for God [devotion; piety; godliness], add ·kindness for your brothers and sisters in Christ [affection for fellow believers; ^Lbrotherly love/affection; ^CGreek: philadelphia]; and to ·this kindness [affection; ^Lbrotherly love/affection], add love [^CGreek: agapē]. ⁸ If all these things are in you and are ·growing [increasing], they will ·help you to be useful and productive [^Lkeep you from being ineffective/idle and unfruitful/unproductive] in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ ·But [or For] anyone who does not have these things ·cannot see clearly [is nearsighted]. He is blind [1 John 2:11; Rev. 3:17] ·and [or because he] has forgotten that he was made clean from his past sins.