10 Therefore, brothers,[a] be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and (A)election, for if you practice 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 Savior 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. 13 I think it right, as long as I am in this (F)body,[b] (G)to stir you up by way of reminder,

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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
  2. 2 Peter 1:13 Greek tent; also verse 14

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