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2 PETER 1:10 spouda,sate bebai,an … poiei/sqai {A}
After spouda,sate several witnesses, including a A Y 81 630 and the
Latin, Syriac, and Coptic versions, replace the complementary
infinitive constru...
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Verse 10. _WHEREFORE_] 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_, σπουδασατε, hasten, be deepl...
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WHEREFORE 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
t...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE GRACIOUS PROVISIONS OF GOD
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. God's gracious provisions in Christ (2 Peter 1:1)_
2. The development of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:5)
3. The promises o...
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The author writes to those who possess a faith not less honourable
(precious) than that of the apostles themselves, since they, too,
possess all things pertaining to life and godliness. But effort on...
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THE MAN WHO OPENED DOORS (2 Peter 1:1)
_ 1:1 Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, writes this
letter to those to whom there has been allotted a faith equal in
honour and privilege wit...
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For, if these things exist and increase within you, they will make you
not ineffective and not unfruitful in your progress towards the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever does not possess...
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GIVE DILIGENCE. be diligent. Greek. _spoudazo._ See noun in 2 Peter
1:5.
CALLING. See Romans 11:29.
ELECTION. See Acts 9:15.
SURE. Greek. _bebaios_. See...
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_give diligence to make your calling and election sure_ We hardly need
to prove that the "calling and election" of which St Peter speaks were
thought of by him as Divine acts according to the Divine f...
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ΔΙῸ ΜΑ͂ΛΛΟΝ. With this blessing and this curse in view, you
should be the more eager to do _your_ part—the part which God
allows, and indeed requires from you—in making effective the call
which has co...
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DISCOURSE: 2420
MAKING OUR CALLING AND ELECTION SURE
2 Peter 1:10. _Brethren, give diligence to make your calling and
election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: for so
an entrance...
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WHEREFORE THE RATHER, &C.— The connection seems to be this: "As he
who is destitute of the graces and virtues of the Christian life, is
voluntarily blind; therefore, my Christian brethren, do you give...
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2 PETER 1:10-11 WHEREFORE, BRETHREN, GIVE THE MORE DILIGENCE TO MAKE
YOUR CALLING AND ELECTION SURE: FOR IF YE DO THESE THINGS, YE SHALL
NEVER STUMBLE: FOR THUS SHALL BE RICHLY SUPPLIED UNTO YOU THE E...
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Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling
and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
WHEREFORE - seeing the blessed consequence of having, and the...
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VERSE 10. WHEREFORE THE RATHER, BRETHREN.
For the reason that, by adding the qualities named, you are fruitful,
and for the further reason that, if you are wanting in these
qualities, you are rendere...
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1 The introduction of the name Simeon, before Peter, and slave in
addition to apostle, gives us a clue to the character of this second
epistle. The emphasis is laid on practice rather than precept. It...
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GREEETING. THANKSGIVING. EXHORTATION TO PROGEESS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM
ONE WHO REMEMBERS JESUS CHRIST
2 Peter 1 may be subdivided into two parts: (_a_) 2 Peter 1:1,
greeting followed by a declaration...
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JESUS WILL RETURN
PETER’S SECOND LETTER
_HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_
ABOUT THIS LETTER
THE WRITER
Peter wrote this letter. His name used to be Simon, but Jesus changed
it to Peter (John 1:42...
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‘Be very eager’ means the same as ‘work hard’ in verse 5 and
‘try hard’ in verse 15. Peter urged his Christian family to show
true qualities of character. God had invited and chosen them. Their
good c...
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WHEREFORE THE RATHER. — Exhortation resumed, with still more
earnestness, for the reasons just stated in 2 Peter 1:8. The direct
address, “brethren,” is a mark of this increased earnestness, and
also...
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(3-11) Exhortation to progress in spiritual graces in order to win
eternal life at Christ’s coming. God has given us all we need for
salvation; let us profit by it, and show ourselves worthy of it....
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CHAPTER 20
WHO SHALL ASCEND INTO THE HILL OF THE LORD?
2 Peter 1:5
THE Apostle has just set forth in all their fullness the riches of
Divine grace: the precious faith, followed by the bestowal of al...
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σπουδάσατε. An Imperative. “A sharp and urgent form”
(Moulton, _Proleg._ i. 173). βεβαίαν. _Cf._ Deissmann, _B. S._
pp. 105 ff. The word has a legal sense. βεβαίωσις is the
legal guarantee, obtained b...
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_Further emphasis on the connexion between faith and morality, and its
reward_. “If you have these virtues, and are not sparing in your use
of them, you will not be ineffective and unfruitful in the d...
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THE RULE OF CHRISTIAN GROWTH
2 Peter 1:1/p>
The keynote of this paragraph is _these things_, 2 Peter 1:8.
_Precious faith_, 2 Peter 1:1, answers to _precious promises_,...
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This Epistle was addressed to the same persons as was the first. Its
purpose was to strengthen them in view of dangers threatening them
within the Church. The apostle addressed them as having 'like pr...
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AVOIDING SPIRITUAL MYOPIA BY DEVELOPING ETERNAL VISION
The graces of verses 5-7, must be in the Christian and multiply if he
would not become idle (See K.J.V. margin) and without fruit in the
knowledg...
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(8) Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your
calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never
fall:
(8) The conclusion: Therefore seeing our calling and electio...
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_By good works you may make sure, &c. without diving into the hidden
mysteries of predestination, &c. --- You shall not sin at any time.
These words evidently suppose, that the graces and assistances...
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"Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling
and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
(11) For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly...
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In the second Epistle of Peter (and here I must be brief, because of
the hour; and I may be brief because Jude will afford us a further
consideration of it) we have the same substantial truth of God's...
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10._Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence. _He draws this
conclusion, that it is one proof that we have been really elected, and
not in vain called by the Lord, if a good conscience and integ...
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The Second Epistle of Peter is even more simple than the First. Like
those of Jude and John, it is written essentially with a view to the
seducers, who, with large promises of liberty, beguiled souls...
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WHEREFORE THE RATHER, BRETHREN, GIVE DILIGENCE,.... To exercise the
afore mentioned graces, and to perform the above duties, since this is
the way
TO MAKE YOUR CALLING AND ELECTION SURE; by calling i...
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Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling
and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Ver. 10. _Give diligence_] Say not here as Antipater king of Mac...
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2 Pet. 1:10. "Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make
your calling and election sure; for he that doeth these things shall
never fall." The apostle had exhorted to give diligence to add...
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_Wherefore_ Considering the miserable state of these apostates; _the
rather_ That you may not be destitute of these things, but be fruitful
in all graces and virtues; _brethren_ St. Peter nowhere uses...
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The fruitful diligence of the Christians:...
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WHEREFORE THE RATHER, BRETHREN, GIVE DILIGENCE TO MAKE YOUR CALLING
AND ELECTION SURE; FOR IF YE DO THESE THINGS, YE SHALL NEVER FALL;...
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Peter writes not only as an apostle (as in his first epistle), but as
a bondman and apostle. So authority is not only stressed, but
lowliness of subjection, a precious reminder in days of deter-mined...
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_ 2 Peter 1:10 ‘Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to
make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you
practice these things, you will never stumble;'_
‘BE ALL THE MORE D...
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1-11 Faith unites the weak believer to Christ, as really as it does
the strong one, and purifies the heart of one as truly as of another;
and every sincere believer is by his faith justified in the s...
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GIVE DILIGENCE; viz. in the exercise of the forementioned graces. TO
MAKE YOUR CALLING, your effectual calling to the faith of Christ, AND
ELECTION, your eternal election to grace and glory, SURE, not...
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2 Peter 1:10 Therefore G1352 brethren G80 be G4704 more G3123 diligent
G4704 (G5657) make G4160 (G5733) your...
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A PLEA THAT THEY MAKE THEIR CALLING AND ELECTION SURE (2 PETER 1:9).
Peter now points out that those whose lives fail to be continually
fruitbearing in the way that he has described reveal that they...
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‘For which reason, brothers and sisters, give the more diligence to
make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you
will never stumble, for thus will be richly supplied to you the...
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The writer starts at once, and in a somewhat abrupt and nervous
fashion, with the great theme of advance in the spiritual life. He
regards this as essential. He takes it for granted that it can be mad...
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2 Peter 1:10. WHEREFORE, BRETHREN, BE THE MORE DILIGENT TO MAKE YOUR
CALLING AND ELECTION SURE. The ‘wherefore the _rather'_ of the A. V.
suggests that the course now to be recommended is one to be pr...
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WHEREFORE
(διο). Because of the exhortation and argument in verses 2 Peter
1:5-9.GIVE THE MORE DILIGENCE
(μαλλον σπουδασατε). "Become diligent (first aorist
ingressive active imperative of σπουδαζ...
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2 Peter 1:10
Making Salvation Sure.
I. In order to make sure one's own salvation, our first counsel is, Be
sure of the great foundation truths. You believe that there is a God,
and that He is the Rew...
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2 Peter 1:9. _But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot
see afar off,_
He is short-sighted; he has some light, and some physical sight, but
he cannot see to a distance; spiritually, he is...
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2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ,
to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the
righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:_
Peter here...
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CONTENTS: The great Christian virtues. God's Word exalted.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Peter.
CONCLUSION: The Christian should be diligent to add one Christian
grace to another that he may bring glory...
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2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter,_ the Greek is Symeon, as in two other
places of the Greek text. _To them that have obtained like precious
faith,_ the christians of every name. _Through the righteousness of...
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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...
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:3 God’s Grace in Christ Is the Source of
Godly Living. In this first main section, Peter emphasizes that
God’s grace results in godliness....
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:10 Christians should be DILIGENT TO
CONFIRM their CALLING AND ELECTION. God calls believers to faith
through the gospel ...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
2 Peter 1:5. BESIDE THIS.—“Yea, and for this very cause,” “on
this very account.” DILIGENCE.—Or earnestness; putting heart into
effort. ADD.—Better as R.V., “in your fa...
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EXPOSITION
2 PETER 1:1
SIMON PETER. "Symeon" seems to be the best-supported spelling in this
place. The same form of the name is found in Luke 2:25 and Acts 13:1;
it also occurs in...
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Second Peter.
Simon Peter (2 Peter 1:1),
The name Simon, of course, was the given name. Peter is the name that
Jesus gave to him. He is,
a bondslave and an apostle (2 Peter 1:1)
It seems that bond...
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1 John 3:19; 1 John 3:19; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 Peter 1:5; 1 Thessalonians 1:
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The rather [μ α λ λ ο ν]. The adverb belongs rather with the
verb give diligence. Render, as Rev., give the more diligence.
Brethren [α δ ε λ φ ο ι]. The only instance of this form of
address in Pete...
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A CALL TO GREATER THINGS
2 Peter 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The author of the Epistle. It is most refreshing and certainly
inspiring to open the Bible and find an Epistle which is indited by
the Hol...
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Wherefore — Considering the miserable state of these apostates.
Brethren — St. Peter nowhere uses this appellation in either of his
epistles, but in this important exhortation. Be the more diligent —...
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As if our apostle had said, "See that in the diligent exercise of the
afore-named graces, and in the daily practice of the afore-mentioned
duties, you make your calling and election, which are sure in...