2 Peter 1:10-12
English Standard Version Anglicised
10 Therefore, brothers,[a] be all the more diligent to make your calling and (A)election sure, for if you practise these qualities (B)you will never fall. 11 For in this way there will be richly provided for you (C)an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12 Therefore I intend (D)always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in (E)the truth that you have.
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- 2 Peter 1:10 Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God's family, the church
2 Peter 1:10-12
New International Version
10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters,[a] make every effort to confirm your calling(A) and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,(B) 11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom(C) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.(D)
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12 So I will always remind you of these things,(E) even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth(F) you now have.
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.
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