2 Peter 1:10 · KJV
“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:”
— 2 Peter 1:10
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1 — Context
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. {barren: Gr. idle}
9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
11For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know {them}, and be established in the present truth.
Cross References
2 Peter 3:17
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know {these things} before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
Luke 6:47-49
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Hebrews 6:11
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
1 John 3:19-21
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. {assure: Gr. persuade}
Psalms 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. {sure: or, steady}
Psalms 112:6
Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
Matthew 7:24-25
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
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