2 Peter 1:10

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

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

11For in this way the entrance will be richly furnished you into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

Psalms 15:5He that lendeth not his money for interest, And taketh not a bribe against the innocent: He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my safeguard, I shall not wholly fall!

Psalms 112:6Yea, he shall never be moved: The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

Isaiah 56:2Happy the man that doeth this, And the son of man that holdeth it fast; That keepeth the sabbath, and profaneth it not, And restraineth his hand from doing evil.

Matthew 7:24Every one then that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock;

Acts 20:24But I count life of no value to me, so that I may finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings 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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