But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
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Gill's Exposition
But he that lacketh these things,.... Or in, and with whom, they are not; that is, these virtues, as the Arabic version reads, as faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly…
Barnes' Notes
But he that lacketh these things is blind - He has no clear views of the nature and the requirements of religion. And cannot see afar off - The word used here, which does not occur elsewhere in the…
Adam Clarke
But he that lacketh these things - He, whether Jew or Gentile, who professes to have Faith in God, and has not added to that Faith fortitude, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly…
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…
Cambridge Bible
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see far off More accurately, For he to whom these things are not present is blind, near-sighted. The causal conjunction is important in the…
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