2 Peter 1:10

2 Peter 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;

Context of 2 Peter 1:10

8You should continue to grow as believers in all these ways. Then it will show that you really know our Lord Jesus Christ. People will see that your life has good results. 9But some people do not live in these good ways. They do not think that these things are important. They are like blind people. They cannot really see anything properly. They have forgotten that God has made them clean from all the sins that they did in past times. So, my friends, try very much to live in a way that pleases God. God has chosen you to be his own people. Show that you really do belong to him! If you do these things, you will never turn away from God. 11Then God will bring you safely into the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ that continues for ever. Jesus Christ is our Saviour and God will be happy to welcome you into his kingdom. 12You already know these things. You know that they are completely true. But because they are important, I will continue to tell you about them again and again.

2 Peter 1:10 word by word

διὸ μᾶλλον, ἀδελφοί, σπουδάσατε βεβαίαν ὑμῶν τὴν κλῆσιν καὶ ἐκλογὴν ποιεῖσθαι· ταῦτα γὰρ ποιοῦντες οὐ μὴ πταίσητέ ποτε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
• the ratherμᾶλλονmallon · more: ratherG3123
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• give diligenceσπουδάζωspoudazō · be eagerG4704
• to makeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• callingὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• callingκλῆσιςklēsis · callingG2821
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• electionἐκλογήeklogē · selectingG1589
• sureβέβαιοςbebaios · firmG949
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• ye shallπταίωptaiō · to stumbleG4417
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• neverοὐou · noG3756
• ·ποτέpote · once/whenG4218

Cross-references for 2 Peter 1:10

• 2 Peter 1:5God has done all this to help you. So now that you believe in Christ, you must grow as believers. Try very much to do always what is good. Then you should grow to know God more and more.
• 2 Peter 3:17My friends, you already know about these false teachers. So be very careful that you do not believe those bad people. Do not let them lead you away from God. You know what is true, so do not leave that safe place.
• 2 Timothy 2:19But the group of true believers remains strong, like the foundation under a building. God has written his message there. It says, ‘The Lord knows who his own people are.’ It also says, ‘Everyone who says that he belongs to the Lord must stop doing bad things.’
• Hebrews 6:11But we very much want each of you to continue to trust God to the end. Show that you really want to serve him. Be sure that, in the end, you will receive all the good things that you hope for.
• 1 John 3:19Then we will know that we truly belong to God. We will be obeying God's true message. As a result, our thoughts will not make us ashamed to come to God.
• Romans 8:28We know that God works to help those people who love him. He uses everything that happens to them to bring something good. He does this for those people that he has chosen to serve him.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:3As we pray to our Father God, we remember how you live. You do good things because you believe in Christ. You work hard to help other people because you love them and you love God. You are also strong and patient because you hope strongly in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13We always thank God for you, our Christian friends that the Lord loves. We ought to thank God, because he has chosen to save you. God chose you to belong to him, as some of the first people that he would save. You believed God's true message. And God's Spirit makes you separate from things that are bad.
• 1 Peter 1:2God, the Father, already decided that you should be his people. God's Spirit has made you special people who would obey Jesus Christ. God chose you so that Jesus Christ's blood would make you really clean. I pray that God will help you and give you peace in your minds more and more.
• Psalms 15:5He lends his money to help other people, and he does not ask for more money in return. He does not accept a bribe, to speak against people who have done nothing wrong. People who live in this way will always be safe.
• Isaiah 56:2God will bless the people who do what is right. They must be careful to obey my laws. They must respect the rules for the Sabbath day and keep it special. They must refuse to do anything that is evil.
• Matthew 7:24Jesus then said, ‘Some people listen to my message and they obey it. Those people are like a wise man who built his house on rock.
• Luke 6:47Some people come to me. They listen to my message and they obey it. Let me tell you what those people are like. They are like a man who built a house.
• Revelation 22:14Believers who keep themselves clean will be happy. They are like people who always wash their clothes. I will let them eat the fruit from the tree that causes people to have true life. I will let them go through the gates into the city.
• Psalms 37:24Even if that person trips, he will not fall. The Lord will hold his hand.
• Psalms 62:2He alone is the strong rock where I can hide and be safe. With him, nothing will make me fall.

Commentaries on 2 Peter 1:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Wherefore - 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, , 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence - 2 Peter 1:5. “In view of these things, give the greater diligence to secure your salvation.” The considerations on which Peter based this appeal seem to have been the fact that such promises are made to us, and such hopes held out before us; the degree of uncertainty thrown over the whole matter of our personal salvation by low attainments in the divine life, and the dreadful condemnation which will ensue…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Brothers: Here, the Greek term adelphoi refers to people who belong to the same family, both male and female. strive to make your calling and election sure (literally Be zealous to make certain): Peter did not mean that God’s choice to save us depends on our actions. Instead, he teaches that our effort to grow in Christian virtue shows that God has already chosen us.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Wherefore--seeking the blessed consequence of having, and the evil effects of not having, these graces (2Pe 1:8, 9). the rather--the more earnestly. brethren--marking that it is affection for them which constrains him so earnestly to urge them. 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…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Peter 1:10

• Assurance
• Call
• Commandments
• Decision
• Diligence
• Perseverance
• Predestination
• Reward
• Righteous
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Assurance
• Calling
• Corruption
• Cunningly
• Diligence
• Escape
• Glory
• Prophecy
• Sure
• Election

Commentaries on 2 Peter 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings