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Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
2 Peter 1:10 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will 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:
  • NKJV Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;
  • NASB Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choice of you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;
  • NLT So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away.

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Quick answer

Believers are urged to be diligent to confirm their calling and election, for doing these things keeps them from stumbling. It matters because a growing, fruitful life gives assurance of genuine salvation.

Overview

Calling and election are God's sovereign work, yet believers confirm them experientially by pursuing the virtues just described. Peter does not teach that we earn salvation but that godly fruit gives evidence that our faith is real. Such diligence produces steadfastness and guards against falling away.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 24

  • 2 Pet 3:17Therefore, 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.
  • Luke 6:47–49I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them:
  • Heb 6:11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
  • 1 Jn 3:19–21And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:
  • Ps 121:3He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
  • 2 Pet 1:5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
  • Mic 7:8Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
  • Matt 7:24–25Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
  • Ps 112:6Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.
  • 2 Tim 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
  • Ps 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
  • Rev 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
  • 1 Pet 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
  • Ps 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
  • Isa 56:2Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
  • 1 Th 1:3–4and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Th 2:13–14But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
  • 1 Pet 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • Rev 3:10–11Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
  • Ps 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
  • Rom 8:28–31And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
  • Acts 20:24–25But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
  • Heb 6:19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
  • Ps 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

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