2 Peter 1:8

1:8 For if ¹  these things are really yours ²  and are continually increasing, ³  they will keep you from becoming ⁴  ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of ⁵  knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately. ⁶ 

2 Peter 2:3

2:3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their ⁷  condemnation pronounced long ago ⁸  is not sitting idly by; ⁹  their ¹⁰  destruction is not asleep.

[1:8]  ¹ tn The participles are evidently conditional, as most translations render them.

[1:8]  ² tn The participle ὑπάρχοντα (Juparconta) is stronger than the verb εἰμί (eimi), usually implying a permanent state. Hence, the addition of “really” is implied.

[1:8]  ³ sn Continually increasing. There are evidently degrees of ownership of these qualities, implying degrees of productivity in one’s intimacy with Christ. An idiomatic rendering of the first part of v. 8 would be “For if you can claim ownership of these virtues in progressively increasing amounts…”

[1:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “cause [you] not to become.”

[1:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “unto,” “toward”; although it is possible to translate the preposition εἰς (eis) as simply “in.”

[1:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “the [rich] knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Verse 8 in Greek does not make a full stop (period), for v. 9 begins with a subordinate relative pronoun. Contemporary English convention requires a full stop in translation, however.

[2:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “to whom,” introducing a subordinate relative clause.

[2:3]  ⁸ tn Grk “the ancient judgment.”

[2:3]  ⁹ tn Grk “is not idle.”

[2:3]  ¹⁰ tn Greek has “and their.” As introducing a synonymous parallel, it is superfluous in English.