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. Be, х huparchonta (G5225), 'Aleph (') B C; paronta, present, A, Vulgate] - 'subsist;' i:e., supposing these things to have an actual subsistence in you: "be" would express the mere fact.
Abound, х pleonazonta (G4121)] - more than in others. Make, х kathisteesin (G2525] - 'constitute you,' by the very fact of possessing these graces. Barren - `inactive,' as a field lying unworked х argous (G692)], so useless. Unfruitful in, х eis (G1519)] - ' ... in respect to,' etc. 'The full knowledge [epignosin] of Christ' is the goal toward which all these races tend. As their subsisting constitutes us not barren, so their abounding constitutes us not unfruitful, in respect to it. It is through doing His will, and so becoming like Him, that we grow in knowing Him (John 7:17).