2 Peter 1:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall {G4417} never {G4218} stumble:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διὸ μᾶλλον, ἀδελφοί, σπουδάσατε βεβαίαν ὑμῶν τὴν κλῆσιν καὶ ἐκλογὴν ποιεῖσθαι: ταῦτα γὰρ ποιοῦντες, οὐ μὴ πταίσητέ ποτε:

Transliteration

Wherefore rather, adelphoi, be diligent bebaian of you the klēsin and eklogēn to make: for these things doing, not never you shall stumble at any time:

Grammar Details

Διὸ: conjunction - 'wherefore/therefore'
μᾶλλον: adverb, comparative - 'rather/more'
*adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers
σπουδάσατε: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - 'be diligent/make every effort'
*bebaian*: accusative, feminine, singular - firm/sure
ὑμῶν: genitive, plural - 'of you/your'
*klēsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - calling
*eklogēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - election/choosing
ποιεῖσθαι: present middle infinitive - 'to make/do'
ποιοῦντες: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - 'doing'
οὐ μὴ: double negative - 'by no means/never'
πταίσητέ: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd plural - 'you might stumble'
ποτε: adverb - 'ever/at any time'

Word Meanings

*adelphoi*: brothers/brethren/siblings
*bebaian*: firm/sure/steadfast/confirmed
*klēsin*: calling/vocation/invitation
*eklogēn*: election/selection/choosing

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Referenced Verses

2 Pet 3:17 : 17 Ye therefore, beloved, knowing [these things] beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.
Heb 6:11 : 11 And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:
1 John 3:19-21 : 19 {G2532} Hereby {G5129} shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him: 20 because if our heart {G3754} condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;
Rom 8:28-31 : 28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose. 29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren: 30 and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us?
Mic 7:8 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.
Matt 7:24-25 : 24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.
1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
2 Pet 1:5 : 5 Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in [your] virtue knowledge;
2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
Luke 6:47-49 : 47 Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded. 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.
Acts 20:24-25 : 24 But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, {G2316} shall see my face no more.
Ps 15:5 : 5 He that putteth not out his money to interest, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Ps 37:24 : 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.
Ps 62:2 : 2 He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.
Ps 62:6 : 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not be moved.
Ps 112:6 : 6 For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.
Ps 121:3 : 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Isa 56:2 : 2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth it fast; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
1 Thess 1:3-4 : 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; 4 knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,
2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God {G138} chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Heb 6:19 : 19 which we have as an anchor of the soul, [a hope] both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
1 Pet 1:2 : 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
Rev 3:10-11 : 10 Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that [hour] which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. 11 {G2400} I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.
Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right [to come] to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

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