2 Peter 1:9
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
KJV
ᾧ γὰρ μὴ πάρεστιν ταῦτα, τυφλός ἐστιν μυωπάζων, λήθην λαβὼν τοῦ καθαρισμοῦ τῶν πάλαι αὐτοῦ ἁμαρτημάτων.
Greek NT
Cui enim non præsto sunt hæc, cæcus est, et manu tentans, oblivionem accipiens purgationis veterum suorum delictorum.
Vulgate
For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.
ASV
For he that hath not these things with him is blind and groping, having forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἁμαρτημάτων — SBLGNT
- ἁμαρτημάτων — Tregelles
- ἁμαρτιῶν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1John 1:7 — 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.
- 1John 2:9 — He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
- 1John 2:9 — He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
- 2Pet 2:18 — 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.
- Eph 5:26 — That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
- Isa 8:20 — To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
- Jas 1:4 — But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
- Jas 2:14 — What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
- Luke 11:35 — Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
- Rev 3:17 — Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
- Rom 6:1 — What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
- Rom 6:11 — Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Titus 2:14 — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
- Zeph 1:17 — And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.