2 Peter 1:10

Instead of acting like those people, try to confirm/prove by the way you conduct your lives that you are among those whom God has chosen [DOU] to be his people. If you do that, you will certainly never become separated from God,

Translation for Translators

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

9If these qualities are not present in people, it means they are not aware that these things are important, just like a blind person is not aware of what is around him. They think only about earthly matters, just like [MET] a shortsighted person sees clearly only things that are near. It seems that they have forgotten that God has forgiven them for their former sinful lives.

11and God will very wholeheartedly welcome you into the place where our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will rule his people forever.

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Cross References

Psalms 15:5They lend money to others without charging interest, and they never accept bribes in order to lie about people who have not done what is wrong. Those who do those things will never stop trusting God even if disastrous things happen to them.

Psalms 62:2Only he is like an overhanging rock under which I can be safe [MET]; he will be like a shelter, with the result that I will never be defeated [MET].

Psalms 112:6Righteous people will not be overwhelmed/worried/distressed because of their troubles, and they will never be forgotten by other people.

Isaiah 56:2I will bless those who faithfully obey my laws about the Sabbath/rest days. I will bless those who ◄keep sacred/honor► my Sabbath/rest days, and who do not do any work on those days, and who refrain from [MTY] doing anything that is evil.

Matthew 7:24“So then, anyone who hears what I say and does what I command, will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.

Acts 20:24But I do not care even if people kill me, if first I am able to finish the work [MET] that the Lord Jesus has told me to do. He appointed me to tell people the good message that God saves us by doing for us what we do not deserve.

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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