Make Your Calling and Election Sure

2 Peter 1

3 as His d divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him e who called us by glory and virtue, 4 f by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be g partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the 1 corruption that is in the world through lust. 5 But also for this very reason, h giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue i knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control 2 perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and j to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither 3 barren k nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is l shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. 10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent m to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

12 For this reason n I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, o though you know and are established in the present truth. 13 Yes, I think it is right, p as long as I am in this 4 tent, q to stir you up by reminding you, 14 r knowing that shortly I must 5 put off my tent, just as s our Lord Jesus Christ showed me. 15 Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my 6 decease.

  1. Cross References
    1 Peter 1:5
    Who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  2. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 2:12
    That you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
    2 Thessalonians 2:14
    To which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    1 Peter 5:10
    But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
  3. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 1:20
    For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.
    2 Corinthians 7:1
    Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
  4. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 3:18
    But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
  5. Cross References
    2 Peter 3:18
    But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
  6. Cross References
    2 Peter 1:2
    Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
  7. Cross References
    Galatians 6:10
    Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
  8. Cross References
    John 15:2
    Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
  9. Cross References
    1 John 2:9 - 11
    He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.
  10. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 13:5
    Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? - unless indeed you are disqualified.
    1 John 3:19
    And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.
  11. Cross References
    Philippians 3:1
    Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. For me to write the same things to you is not tedious, but for you it is safe.
    1 John 2:21
    I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
  12. Cross References
    1 Peter 5:12
    By Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.
  13. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 5:1
    For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
    2 Corinthians 5:4
    For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.
    2 Peter 1:14
    Knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.
  14. Cross References
    2 Peter 3:1
    Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder).
  15. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 5:1
    For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
    2 Timothy 4:6
    For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
  16. Cross References
    John 13:36
    Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?" Jesus answered him, "Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you shall follow Me afterward.
    John 21:18
    "Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish."
    John 21:19
    This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, "Follow Me.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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