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2 Peter 1:10

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

KJV

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

Greek NT

Quapropter fratres, magis satagite ut per bona opera certam vestram vocationem, et electionem faciatis : hæc enim facientes, non peccabitis aliquando.

Vulgate

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

ASV

Wherefore, brethren, labour the more, that by good works you may make sure your calling and election. For doing these things, you shall not sin at any time.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βέβαιος
bebaios
adjective · 9×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
διό
dio
conjunction · 52×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κλῆσις
klesis
noun · 11×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μᾶλλον
mallon
adverb · 81×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ποτέ
pote
particle · 29×
πταίω
ptaio
verb · 5×
σπουδάζω
spoudazo
verb · 11×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἐκλογή
ekloge
noun · 7×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

If anyone saith that the justice received is not preserved and also increased before God through good works, but that the said works are merely the fruits and signs of Justification obtained, but not a cause of the increase thereof — let him be anathema.
Let us press toward the mark. Let us all, whatever we have attained, press forward for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us hold fast what we have already attained, and earnestly seek what we have not yet attained. Let us all agree in this one thing — not to rest in any supposed perfection, but continually to grow in grace.
Q. Since we have been delivered from our misery by grace through Christ without any merit of our own, why then should we do good works? A. Because Christ, having redeemed us by his blood, is also restoring us by his Spirit into his image, so that with our whole lives we may show that we are thankful to God for his benefits, so that he may be praised through us, so that we may b…
Canons of Dort · 4 passages
This same election took place, not on the basis of foreseen faith, of the obedience of faith, of holiness, or of any other good quality and disposition, as though it were based on a prerequisite cause or condition in the person to be chosen, but rather for the purpose of faith, of the obedience of faith, of holiness, and so on. Accordingly, election is the source of every savin…
Assurance of their eternal and unchangeable election to salvation is given to the chosen in due time, though by various stages and in differing measure. Such assurance comes not by inquisitive searching into the hidden and deep things of God, but by noticing within themselves, with spiritual joy and holy delight, the unmistakable fruits of election pointed out in God's Word — s…
Accordingly, this assurance does not derive from some private revelation beyond or outside the Word, but from faith in the promises of God which he has very plentifully revealed in his Word for our comfort; from the testimony of the Holy Spirit testifying with our spirit that we are God's children and heirs (Rom. 8:16-17); and finally, from a serious and holy pursuit of a clear…
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Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:26 — I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
  • 1John 2:10 — He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
  • 1John 3:19 — And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
  • 1John 5:13 — These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
  • 1Pet 1:2 — Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
  • 1Pet 1:5 — Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • 1Thess 1:3 — Remembering 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;
  • 1Thess 1:4 — Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
  • 2Cor 5:9 — Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
  • 2Pet 1:5 — And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
  • 2Pet 1:5 — And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
  • 2Pet 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.
  • 2Pet 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.
  • 2Thess 2:13 — But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the t
  • 2Tim 2:15 — Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
  • 2Tim 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.
  • Acts 2:39 — For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
  • Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel
  • Col 3:12 — Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
  • Heb 4:11 — Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
  • Heb 6:11 — And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
  • Heb 6:11 — And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
  • Heb 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • Heb 6:19 — Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
  • Heb 11:6 — But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
  • Isa 32:17 — And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
  • Isa 56:2 — Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
  • Josh 7:3 — And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are bu
  • Josh 18:3 — And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
  • Luke 6:47 — Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
  • Luke 6:47 — Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
  • Luke 6:48 — He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was foun
  • Luke 13:24 — Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
  • Luke 22:32 — But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
  • Matt 7:24 — 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:
  • Matt 22:14 — For many are called, but few are chosen.
  • Mic 7:8 — Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
  • Phil 4:9 — Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
  • Prov 10:30 — The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
  • Ps 15:5 — He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.