Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Peter 1:8
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2 Peter1:8
8 For if these things be in you and abound , they make you that ye shall neither be barren , nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
If ye not only have these Graces in you, but abound, or grow in them, both as to the inward degree, and outward Exercise of them.
Either they make you, or declare you not to be barren, or both; they will be both the Causes and Evidences of your not being barren.
Or, slothful, idle, unactive.
Void of good Works, which are frequently compared to Fruits, Matth. 3.10. and 7.17, 18, 19. Gal. 5.22.
i. e. The Faith of Christ. But more is implied here, than expressed, q. d. they will make you be active and fruitful in the Knowledge of Christ, and declare you to be so, and thereby make it appear, that ye have not in vain learned Christ.
Marginal references: Gr. idle ▪; Tit. 3.14.
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