2 Peter 1:8

For if these things be in you,.... Are wrought in you by the Spirit of God, and exercised and performed by his assistance, who works in his people both to will and do:

and abound; increase in their…

For if these things be in you, and abound - If they are in you in rich abundance; if you are eminent for these things. They make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful - They will show…

For if these things be in you and abound - If ye possess all there graces, and they increase and abound in your souls, they will make - show, you to be neither αργους, idle, nor ακαρπους, unfruitful,…

In these words the apostle comes to the chief thing intended in this epistle - to excite and engage them to advance in grace and holiness, they having already obtained precious faith, and been made…

if these things be in you The Greek verb expresses the idea of permanent property or possession, as in Mat 19:21; 1Co 13:3. For "abound," better multiply, as expressing the activity of life in each as…