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

8For if these things are in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purified from his old sins. Therefore 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 to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 12Therefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the present truth.

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

• Thereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
• ratherμᾶλλονmallon · more: ratherG3123
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• diligenceσπουδάζωspoudazō · be eagerG4704
• makeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• yourὑμῶνhumōn · of youG5216
• callingκλῆσιςklēsis · callingG2821
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• electionἐκλογήeklogē · selectingG1589
• sureβέβαιοςbebaios · firmG949
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• thingsταῦταtauta · thisG5023
• shallποτέpote · once/whenG4218
• shallπταίωptaiō · to stumbleG4417
• neverοὐ μήou mē · neverG3364

Cross-references for 2 Peter 1:10

• 2 Peter 1:5And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
• 2 Peter 3:17Ye 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 steadfastness.
• 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
• Hebrews 6:11And we desire each one of you to show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope to the end:
• 1 John 3:19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
• Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
• 1 Peter 1:2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied.
• Psalms 15:5He that putteth not out his money to interest, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
• Isaiah 56:2Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
• Matthew 7:24Therefore whoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock:
• Luke 6:47Whoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:
• Revelation 22:14Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
• Psalms 37:24Though he should fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
• Psalms 62:2He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

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