2 Peter 1:10 BSB — MannaFest

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Wherefore - Seeing the danger of apostasy, and the fearful end of them who obey not the Gospel, and thus receive the grace of God in vain; give all diligence, σπουδασατε, hasten, be deeply careful, labor with the most intense purpose of soul. To make your calling - From deep Gentile darkness into the marvellous light of the Gospel. And election - Your being chosen, in consequence of obeying the heavenly calling, to be the people and Church of God. Instead of κλησιν, calling, the Codex Alexandrinus has παρακλησιν, consolation. Sure - Βεβαιαν· Firm, solid.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

To make your calling and election firm - God hath called you by his word and his Spirit; he hath elected you, separated you from the world, through sanctification of the Spirit. O cast not away these inestimable benefits! If ye are thus diligent to make your election firm, ye shall never finally fall.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Nowhere else does he so address them, which makes his calling them so here the more emphatical. give diligence--The Greek aorist implies one lifelong effect [ALFORD]. to make--Greek middle voice; to make so far as it depends on you; to do your part towards making.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διὸ	dio	Therefore	G1352 →
μᾶλλον,	mallon	rather,	G3123 →
ἀδελφοί,	adelphoi	brothers,	G80 →
σπουδάσατε	spoudasate	do be diligent	G4704 →
βεβαίαν	bebaian	sure	G949 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	your	G4771 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
κλῆσιν	klēsin	calling	G2821 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐκλογὴν	eklogēn	election	G1589 →
ποιεῖσθαι·	poieisthai	to make;	G4160 →
ταῦτα	tauta	these things	G3778 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ποιοῦντες	poiountes	practicing	G4160 →
οὐ	ou	certainly	G3756 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
πταίσητέ	ptaisēte	shall you stumble	G4417 →
ποτε.	pote	at any time.	G4218 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 121:3
He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
leads to
- Proverbs 3:26
  for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
- Proverbs 3:23
  Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
- 1 Samuel 2:9
  He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
- Psalms 91:12
  They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
- Psalms 66:9
  He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.
Through
2 Peter 3:17
Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.
leads to
- Hebrews 3:14
  We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Colossians 2:8
  See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
Through
Hebrews 6:11
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
leads to
- 2 Peter 1:5–8
  For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Peter

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Peter