⁹ But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

⁹ For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

⁹ For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.