2 Peter 1:8 All these things should describe you more and more. They will make you useful and fruitful as you know our Lord Jesus Christ better.

1:8 NIrV

逐节对照

New International Reader's Version - All these things should describe you more and more. They will make you useful and fruitful as you know our Lord Jesus Christ better.
新标点和合本 - 你们若充充足足地有这几样，就必使你们在认识我们的主耶稣基督上不至于闲懒不结果子了。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们有了这几样，再继续增长，就必使你们在认识我们的主耶稣基督上，不至于懒散和不结果子了。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们有了这几样，再继续增长，就必使你们在认识我们的主耶稣基督上，不至于懒散和不结果子了。
当代译本 - 你们如果具备这些品质，并且不断加强，就不会对我们主耶稣基督的认识停滞不前，毫无果效。
圣经新译本 - 因为你们有了这几样，并且继续增长，就必叫你们在确实认识我们的主耶稣基督上，不至于闲懒不结果子。
中文标准译本 - 因为你们如果有了这些，并且不断增多这些，它们就会使你们在真正认识我们主耶稣基督的事上，不会成为懒惰的或不结果子的人；
现代标点和合本 - 你们若充充足足地有这几样，就必使你们在认识我们的主耶稣基督上，不至于闲懒不结果子了。
和合本（拼音版） - 你们若充充足足地有这几样，就必使你们在认识我们的主耶稣基督上不至于闲懒不结果子了。
New International Version - For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
English Standard Version - For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
New Living Translation - The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Christian Standard Bible - For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
New American Standard Bible - For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they do not make you useless nor unproductive in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
New King James Version - For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amplified Bible - For as these qualities are yours and are increasing [in you as you grow toward spiritual maturity], they will keep you from being useless and unproductive in regard to the true knowledge and greater understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ.
American Standard Version - For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
King James Version - For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
New English Translation - For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.
World English Bible - For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
新標點和合本 - 你們若充充足足地有這幾樣，就必使你們在認識我們的主耶穌基督上不至於閒懶不結果子了。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們有了這幾樣，再繼續增長，就必使你們在認識我們的主耶穌基督上，不至於懶散和不結果子了。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們有了這幾樣，再繼續增長，就必使你們在認識我們的主耶穌基督上，不至於懶散和不結果子了。
當代譯本 - 你們如果具備這些品質，並且不斷加強，就不會對我們主耶穌基督的認識停滯不前，毫無果效。
聖經新譯本 - 因為你們有了這幾樣，並且繼續增長，就必叫你們在確實認識我們的主耶穌基督上，不至於閒懶不結果子。
呂振中譯本 - 因為你們若有這幾樣、並且增多着，就會使你們在認識我們的主耶穌基督上、不至於無能而不結果子了。
中文標準譯本 - 因為你們如果有了這些，並且不斷增多這些，它們就會使你們在真正認識我們主耶穌基督的事上，不會成為懶惰的或不結果子的人；
現代標點和合本 - 你們若充充足足地有這幾樣，就必使你們在認識我們的主耶穌基督上，不至於閒懶不結果子了。
文理和合譯本 - 爾有此而擴充之、則必使爾於識我主耶穌基督、不怠不荒、
文理委辦譯本 - 有此而擴充之、則知主耶穌基督道、而自不怠不荒、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾有此、且充溢、則識我主耶穌基督而不怠荒、無不結果、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 爾等苟能存養此等美德、使之發榮滋長於爾內心、則體認吾主耶穌基督、自覺日益親切、欲罷不能、必不致華而不實也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Porque estas cualidades, si abundan en ustedes, los harán crecer en el conocimiento de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, y evitarán que sean inútiles e improductivos.
현대인의 성경 - 이런 것들을 넉넉히 갖춘다면 여러분은 우리 주 예수 그리스도를 아는 지식이 더욱 풍부해질 것입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Если в вас есть эти качества, и если они умножаются, то ваше познание Господа нашего Иисуса Христа уже не будет бесполезным и бесплодным.
Восточный перевод - Если в вас есть эти качества и если они умножаются, то ваше познание нашего Повелителя Исы Масиха уже не будет чем-то бесполезным и бесплодным.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Если в вас есть эти качества и если они умножаются, то ваше познание нашего Повелителя Исы аль-Масиха уже не будет чем-то бесполезным и бесплодным.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Если в вас есть эти качества и если они умножаются, то ваше познание нашего Повелителя Исо Масеха уже не будет чем-то бесполезным и бесплодным.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car si vous possédez ces qualités, et si elles grandissent sans cesse en vous, elles vous rendront actifs et vous permettront de connaître toujours mieux notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ.
リビングバイブル - これらが備われば、あなたがたはますます強められ、主イエス・キリストのために多くの有益な働きができるのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - ταῦτα γὰρ ὑμῖν ὑπάρχοντα καὶ πλεονάζοντα οὐκ ἀργοὺς οὐδὲ ἀκάρπους καθίστησιν εἰς τὴν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐπίγνωσιν·
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ταῦτα γὰρ ὑμῖν ὑπάρχοντα καὶ πλεονάζοντα, οὐκ ἀργοὺς οὐδὲ ἀκάρπους καθίστησιν, εἰς τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐπίγνωσιν;
Nova Versão Internacional - Porque, se essas qualidades existirem e estiverem crescendo em sua vida, elas impedirão que vocês, no pleno conhecimento de nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo, sejam inoperantes e improdutivos.
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn all das euer Leben zunehmend bestimmt, wird euer Glaube nicht leer und wirkungslos bleiben, sondern ihr werdet unseren Herrn Jesus Christus immer besser kennen lernen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Càng tiến bước theo chiều hướng đó, tâm linh anh chị em ngày càng tăng trưởng và kết quả tốt đẹp cho Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-xu.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะถ้าท่านมีคุณสมบัติเหล่านี้มากยิ่งๆ ขึ้นก็จะทำให้ท่านมีประสิทธิภาพและเกิดผลในการรู้จักองค์พระเยซูคริสต์เจ้าของเรา
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถ้าท่านมีคุณสมบัติเหล่านี้อย่างเพิ่มพูน ก็จะบังเกิดประโยชน์และให้ผลดีแก่ท่านโดยที่รู้จักพระเยซูคริสต์ องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าของเรา

交叉引用

Matthew 20:6 - About five o’clock he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’
Matthew 25:26 - “His master replied, ‘You evil, lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I have not planted? You knew that I gather crops where I have not scattered seed?
Philippians 2:5 - As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did.
Romans 12:11 - Stay excited about your faith as you serve the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 3:12 - May the Lord make your love grow. May it be like a rising flood. May your love for one another increase. May it also increase for everyone else. May it be just like our love for you.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 - Brothers and sisters, we should always thank God for you. That is only right, because your faith is growing more and more. We also thank God that the love you all have for one another is increasing.
2 Corinthians 9:14 - Their hearts will be filled with love for you when they pray for you. God has given you grace that is better than anything.
John 5:42 - But I know you. I know that you do not have love for God in your hearts.
2 Corinthians 13:5 - Take a good look at yourselves to see if you are really believers. Test yourselves. Don’t you realize that Christ Jesus is in you? Unless, of course, you fail the test!
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Are we “out of our minds,” as some people say? If so, it is because we want to serve God. Does what we say make sense? If so, it is because we want to serve you.
2 Corinthians 5:14 - Christ’s love controls us. We are sure that one person died for everyone. And so everyone died.
2 Corinthians 5:15 - Christ died for everyone. He died so that those who live should not live for themselves anymore. They should live for Christ. He died for them and was raised again.
2 Corinthians 5:16 - So from now on we don’t look at anyone the way the world does. At one time we looked at Christ in that way. But we don’t anymore.
2 Corinthians 5:17 - When anyone lives in Christ, the new creation has come. The old is gone! The new is here!
Matthew 20:3 - “About nine o’clock in the morning he went out again. He saw others standing in the market doing nothing.
1 Thessalonians 4:1 - Now I want to talk about some other matters, brothers and sisters. We taught you how to live in a way that pleases God. In fact, that is how you are living. In the name of the Lord Jesus we ask and beg you to do it more and more.
1 Timothy 5:13 - Besides, they get into the habit of having nothing to do. They go around from house to house. They waste their time. They also bother other people and say things that make no sense. They shouldn’t say those things.
Colossians 2:7 - Have your roots in him. Build yourselves up in him. Grow strong in what you believe, just as you were taught. Be more thankful than ever before.
John 15:6 - If you don’t remain joined to me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and dries up. Branches like those are picked up. They are thrown into the fire and burned.
John 15:7 - If you remain joined to me and my words remain in you, ask for anything you wish. And it will be done for you.
John 15:8 - When you bear a lot of fruit, it brings glory to my Father. It shows that you are my disciples.
Matthew 13:22 - The seed that fell among the thorns is like others who hear the message. But then the worries of this life and the false promises of wealth crowd it out. They keep the message from producing fruit.
2 Corinthians 8:2 - They have suffered a great deal. But in their suffering, their joy was more than full. Even though they were very poor, they gave very freely.
Proverbs 19:15 - Anyone who doesn’t want to work sleeps his life away. And a person who refuses to work goes hungry.
2 Corinthians 8:7 - You do well in everything else. You do well in faith and in speaking. You do well in knowledge and in complete commitment. And you do well in the love we have helped to start in you. So make sure that you also do well in the grace of giving to others.
Philippians 1:9 - I pray that your love will grow more and more. And let it be based on knowledge and understanding.
2 Peter 1:2 - May more and more grace and peace be given to you. May they come to you as you learn more about God and about Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:58 - My dear brothers and sisters, remain strong in the faith. Don’t let anything move you. Always give yourselves completely to the work of the Lord. Because you belong to the Lord, you know that your work is not worthless.
Philemon 1:6 - I pray that what we share by believing will help you understand even more. Then you will completely understand every good thing we share by believing in Christ.
Hebrews 6:12 - We don’t want you to slow down. Instead, be like those who have faith and are patient. They will receive what God promised.
Titus 3:14 - Our people must learn to commit themselves to doing what is good. Then they can provide for people when they are in great need. If they do that, their lives won’t turn out to be useless.
Colossians 3:16 - Let the message about Christ live among you like a rich treasure. Teach and correct one another wisely. Teach one another by singing psalms and hymns and songs from the Spirit. Sing to God with thanks in your hearts.
John 15:2 - He cuts off every branch joined to me that does not bear fruit. He trims every branch that does bear fruit. Then it will bear even more fruit.

逐节对照

交叉引用

New International Reader's Version - All these things should describe you more and more. They will make you useful and fruitful as you know our Lord Jesus Christ better.
新标点和合本 - 你们若充充足足地有这几样，就必使你们在认识我们的主耶稣基督上不至于闲懒不结果子了。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们有了这几样，再继续增长，就必使你们在认识我们的主耶稣基督上，不至于懒散和不结果子了。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们有了这几样，再继续增长，就必使你们在认识我们的主耶稣基督上，不至于懒散和不结果子了。
当代译本 - 你们如果具备这些品质，并且不断加强，就不会对我们主耶稣基督的认识停滞不前，毫无果效。
圣经新译本 - 因为你们有了这几样，并且继续增长，就必叫你们在确实认识我们的主耶稣基督上，不至于闲懒不结果子。
中文标准译本 - 因为你们如果有了这些，并且不断增多这些，它们就会使你们在真正认识我们主耶稣基督的事上，不会成为懒惰的或不结果子的人；
现代标点和合本 - 你们若充充足足地有这几样，就必使你们在认识我们的主耶稣基督上，不至于闲懒不结果子了。
和合本（拼音版） - 你们若充充足足地有这几样，就必使你们在认识我们的主耶稣基督上不至于闲懒不结果子了。
New International Version - For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
English Standard Version - For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
New Living Translation - The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Christian Standard Bible - For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
New American Standard Bible - For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they do not make you useless nor unproductive in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
New King James Version - For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amplified Bible - For as these qualities are yours and are increasing [in you as you grow toward spiritual maturity], they will keep you from being useless and unproductive in regard to the true knowledge and greater understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ.
American Standard Version - For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
King James Version - For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
New English Translation - For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.
World English Bible - For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
新標點和合本 - 你們若充充足足地有這幾樣，就必使你們在認識我們的主耶穌基督上不至於閒懶不結果子了。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們有了這幾樣，再繼續增長，就必使你們在認識我們的主耶穌基督上，不至於懶散和不結果子了。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們有了這幾樣，再繼續增長，就必使你們在認識我們的主耶穌基督上，不至於懶散和不結果子了。
當代譯本 - 你們如果具備這些品質，並且不斷加強，就不會對我們主耶穌基督的認識停滯不前，毫無果效。
聖經新譯本 - 因為你們有了這幾樣，並且繼續增長，就必叫你們在確實認識我們的主耶穌基督上，不至於閒懶不結果子。
呂振中譯本 - 因為你們若有這幾樣、並且增多着，就會使你們在認識我們的主耶穌基督上、不至於無能而不結果子了。
中文標準譯本 - 因為你們如果有了這些，並且不斷增多這些，它們就會使你們在真正認識我們主耶穌基督的事上，不會成為懶惰的或不結果子的人；
現代標點和合本 - 你們若充充足足地有這幾樣，就必使你們在認識我們的主耶穌基督上，不至於閒懶不結果子了。
文理和合譯本 - 爾有此而擴充之、則必使爾於識我主耶穌基督、不怠不荒、
文理委辦譯本 - 有此而擴充之、則知主耶穌基督道、而自不怠不荒、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾有此、且充溢、則識我主耶穌基督而不怠荒、無不結果、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 爾等苟能存養此等美德、使之發榮滋長於爾內心、則體認吾主耶穌基督、自覺日益親切、欲罷不能、必不致華而不實也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Porque estas cualidades, si abundan en ustedes, los harán crecer en el conocimiento de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, y evitarán que sean inútiles e improductivos.
현대인의 성경 - 이런 것들을 넉넉히 갖춘다면 여러분은 우리 주 예수 그리스도를 아는 지식이 더욱 풍부해질 것입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Если в вас есть эти качества, и если они умножаются, то ваше познание Господа нашего Иисуса Христа уже не будет бесполезным и бесплодным.
Восточный перевод - Если в вас есть эти качества и если они умножаются, то ваше познание нашего Повелителя Исы Масиха уже не будет чем-то бесполезным и бесплодным.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Если в вас есть эти качества и если они умножаются, то ваше познание нашего Повелителя Исы аль-Масиха уже не будет чем-то бесполезным и бесплодным.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Если в вас есть эти качества и если они умножаются, то ваше познание нашего Повелителя Исо Масеха уже не будет чем-то бесполезным и бесплодным.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car si vous possédez ces qualités, et si elles grandissent sans cesse en vous, elles vous rendront actifs et vous permettront de connaître toujours mieux notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ.
リビングバイブル - これらが備われば、あなたがたはますます強められ、主イエス・キリストのために多くの有益な働きができるのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - ταῦτα γὰρ ὑμῖν ὑπάρχοντα καὶ πλεονάζοντα οὐκ ἀργοὺς οὐδὲ ἀκάρπους καθίστησιν εἰς τὴν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐπίγνωσιν·
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ταῦτα γὰρ ὑμῖν ὑπάρχοντα καὶ πλεονάζοντα, οὐκ ἀργοὺς οὐδὲ ἀκάρπους καθίστησιν, εἰς τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐπίγνωσιν;
Nova Versão Internacional - Porque, se essas qualidades existirem e estiverem crescendo em sua vida, elas impedirão que vocês, no pleno conhecimento de nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo, sejam inoperantes e improdutivos.
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn all das euer Leben zunehmend bestimmt, wird euer Glaube nicht leer und wirkungslos bleiben, sondern ihr werdet unseren Herrn Jesus Christus immer besser kennen lernen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Càng tiến bước theo chiều hướng đó, tâm linh anh chị em ngày càng tăng trưởng và kết quả tốt đẹp cho Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-xu.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะถ้าท่านมีคุณสมบัติเหล่านี้มากยิ่งๆ ขึ้นก็จะทำให้ท่านมีประสิทธิภาพและเกิดผลในการรู้จักองค์พระเยซูคริสต์เจ้าของเรา
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Matthew 20:6 - About five o’clock he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’
Matthew 25:26 - “His master replied, ‘You evil, lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I have not planted? You knew that I gather crops where I have not scattered seed?
Philippians 2:5 - As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did.
Romans 12:11 - Stay excited about your faith as you serve the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 3:12 - May the Lord make your love grow. May it be like a rising flood. May your love for one another increase. May it also increase for everyone else. May it be just like our love for you.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 - Brothers and sisters, we should always thank God for you. That is only right, because your faith is growing more and more. We also thank God that the love you all have for one another is increasing.
2 Corinthians 9:14 - Their hearts will be filled with love for you when they pray for you. God has given you grace that is better than anything.
John 5:42 - But I know you. I know that you do not have love for God in your hearts.
2 Corinthians 13:5 - Take a good look at yourselves to see if you are really believers. Test yourselves. Don’t you realize that Christ Jesus is in you? Unless, of course, you fail the test!
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Are we “out of our minds,” as some people say? If so, it is because we want to serve God. Does what we say make sense? If so, it is because we want to serve you.
2 Corinthians 5:14 - Christ’s love controls us. We are sure that one person died for everyone. And so everyone died.
2 Corinthians 5:15 - Christ died for everyone. He died so that those who live should not live for themselves anymore. They should live for Christ. He died for them and was raised again.
2 Corinthians 5:16 - So from now on we don’t look at anyone the way the world does. At one time we looked at Christ in that way. But we don’t anymore.
2 Corinthians 5:17 - When anyone lives in Christ, the new creation has come. The old is gone! The new is here!
Matthew 20:3 - “About nine o’clock in the morning he went out again. He saw others standing in the market doing nothing.
1 Thessalonians 4:1 - Now I want to talk about some other matters, brothers and sisters. We taught you how to live in a way that pleases God. In fact, that is how you are living. In the name of the Lord Jesus we ask and beg you to do it more and more.
1 Timothy 5:13 - Besides, they get into the habit of having nothing to do. They go around from house to house. They waste their time. They also bother other people and say things that make no sense. They shouldn’t say those things.
Colossians 2:7 - Have your roots in him. Build yourselves up in him. Grow strong in what you believe, just as you were taught. Be more thankful than ever before.
John 15:6 - If you don’t remain joined to me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and dries up. Branches like those are picked up. They are thrown into the fire and burned.
John 15:7 - If you remain joined to me and my words remain in you, ask for anything you wish. And it will be done for you.
John 15:8 - When you bear a lot of fruit, it brings glory to my Father. It shows that you are my disciples.
Matthew 13:22 - The seed that fell among the thorns is like others who hear the message. But then the worries of this life and the false promises of wealth crowd it out. They keep the message from producing fruit.
2 Corinthians 8:2 - They have suffered a great deal. But in their suffering, their joy was more than full. Even though they were very poor, they gave very freely.
Proverbs 19:15 - Anyone who doesn’t want to work sleeps his life away. And a person who refuses to work goes hungry.
2 Corinthians 8:7 - You do well in everything else. You do well in faith and in speaking. You do well in knowledge and in complete commitment. And you do well in the love we have helped to start in you. So make sure that you also do well in the grace of giving to others.
Philippians 1:9 - I pray that your love will grow more and more. And let it be based on knowledge and understanding.
2 Peter 1:2 - May more and more grace and peace be given to you. May they come to you as you learn more about God and about Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:58 - My dear brothers and sisters, remain strong in the faith. Don’t let anything move you. Always give yourselves completely to the work of the Lord. Because you belong to the Lord, you know that your work is not worthless.
Philemon 1:6 - I pray that what we share by believing will help you understand even more. Then you will completely understand every good thing we share by believing in Christ.
Hebrews 6:12 - We don’t want you to slow down. Instead, be like those who have faith and are patient. They will receive what God promised.
Titus 3:14 - Our people must learn to commit themselves to doing what is good. Then they can provide for people when they are in great need. If they do that, their lives won’t turn out to be useless.
Colossians 3:16 - Let the message about Christ live among you like a rich treasure. Teach and correct one another wisely. Teach one another by singing psalms and hymns and songs from the Spirit. Sing to God with thanks in your hearts.
John 15:2 - He cuts off every branch joined to me that does not bear fruit. He trims every branch that does bear fruit. Then it will bear even more fruit.