For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he (A)is blind, having forgotten that he was (B)cleansed from his former sins. 10 Therefore, brothers,[a] be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and (C)election, for if you practice these qualities (D)you will never fall.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 1:10 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind,(A) forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.(B)

10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters,[a] make every effort to confirm your calling(C) and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,(D)

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  1. 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.