2 Peter 1:10

So, brothers, take diligent care to make your calling and election sure; for if you do this, you will never stumble.

Montgomery New Testament

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 the man who lacks these virtues is blind, short-sighted, forgetful of his cleansing from his old sins.

11For so the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be richly supplied to you.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:24"Every one who hears my words and does them I will liken to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.

Acts 20:24But I hold not my life of any account, as dear unto myself, if only I may run my race, and accomplish the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to attest the gospel 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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