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2 Peter 1:10

So, brothers and sisters, be all the more determined to make sure you are truly “called and chosen.” If you do this, you won't ever fall.

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In The King James Version

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

In Context

9For anyone who doesn't have such qualities is short-sighted, or blind. They forget that they've been cleansed from their past sins.

11You will receive a tremendous welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

Psalms 15:5They lend money without charging interest. They don't take bribes to testify against the innocent. Those who act like this will never ever fall.

Psalms 62:2He is the one who protects me and saves me; he keeps me safe so I will never be in danger.

Psalms 112:6They will never fall. Those who live right won't be forgotten.

Isaiah 56:2Blessed is everyone who does this—those who keep to it, who observe the Sabbath without violating it, and who don't do anything wrong.

Matthew 7:24Everyone that hears the words I say, and follows them, is like a wise man who built his house on solid rock.

Acts 20:24But I don't consider my life as worth anything to me. I only want to finish my mission and the ministry that the Lord Jesus gave to me, to witness to the good news of the grace of God.

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 1:6-12

Spiritual Diligence; Advancement in Holiness. ( a. d. 67.) 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 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. 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see… Read the whole commentary →

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