unfoldingWord_en_tn/2pe/01/08.md

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  • Peter continues to talk to the believers.
  • these things - That is, faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, endurance, godliness, brotherly affection, and love.
  • **you will not be barren or unfruitful ** - "You will produce and be fruitful" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_litotes)
  • whoever lacks these things - any person who does not have these things.
  • sees only what is near; he is blind - This phrase compares a a person who thinks only about earthly matters that are right in front of him as one without sight. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)