2 Peter 1:10

So then. "Because some may forget their promise to God, you must try even harder to make these good qualities an integral part of your life." To make. POIEISTHAI = to make or to do for one's self. God's call and his choice. See 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 and notes. A permanent experience. It is impossible to avoid the human element in God's call and his choice! Peter's explanation is: If you do so, you will never fall away. [MacKnight thinks Peter has in mind the falling away and rejection of the Jews as a nation and the loss of their favored position as God's people (Romans 11:11 and note).]