2 Peter - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis
2 Peter - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis
2 Peter - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis
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is that we will not stumble and fall. This immediately suggests that sureness is a sureness<br />
that prevents stumbling and not a sensation of assurance or proof of salvation ... The verb<br />
means “to confirm or validate.” It is also used in the sense of “to strengthen, to establish,<br />
to make firm, reliable, durable, unshakeable.” In other words, to make our calling and<br />
election sure is simply another way of saying persevere to the end … We are to make our<br />
calling and election “sure” so that we will never stumble in our Christian lives. This<br />
thought is central to the epistle and is brought out again at the end. “Fall from your own<br />
steadfastness” in 2 <strong>Peter</strong> 3:17 is manifestly the same as to stumble in 1:10. (J. Dillow)<br />
The evidence that we have been called and chosen will be the energy that we put in to<br />
making our calling and election sure. If we do “make every effort,” <strong>Peter</strong> assures us of<br />
blessings that will last for eternity. (J. Stott)<br />
The apostle is not here exhorting these people to make certain of their calling and<br />
election in an ultimate and eternal sense, for that is something of which they are<br />
incapable. The election and calling are on God’s side and are God’s action. (D. Lloyd-<br />
Jones) The order in assurance is from calling to election, the brazen altar to the ark of the<br />
covenant, the trespass offering to the burnt offering, and the holy calling to the salvation<br />
designed <strong>by</strong> God. Hence, one must follow the stream of progressive sanctification to the<br />
effectual call, from the effective call to regeneration, from regeneration to redemption,<br />
and from redemption to God’s eternal purpose. In this manner, we have order in<br />
understanding, but we begin with the result and not with the cause ... The Christian’s<br />
standing in Jesus Christ is finished. He is positionally secure because he had nothing to<br />
do with his standing. His standing in Christ is wholly of God. Nevertheless, the<br />
Christian’s condition of life is unfinished. His state is imperfect. Therefore, he must work<br />
out his own salvation, which God has worked in him, with fear and trembling. (W. Best)<br />
2 <strong>Peter</strong> 1:10 For this reason (inferential), now more than<br />
ever (adv.), brethren (Voc. Address; members of the royal<br />
family), be zealous (spouda,zw, AAImp.2P, Ingressive &<br />
Constative, Command; take pains, be zealous) to keep on<br />
confirming (poie,w, PAInf., Iterative, Inf. as Dir. Obj. Of<br />
Verb ; validating, carrying out) the dependability (Acc.<br />
Dir. Obj.; reliability, validity) of your (Poss. Gen.)<br />
calling (Adv. Acc.; station in life) and (connective)<br />
election (Adv. Acc.; divine selection, choice), for<br />
(explanatory) <strong>by</strong> repeated confirmation of (poie,w, PAPtc.NMP,<br />
Iterative, Means) these things (Acc. Dir. Obj. ; state and<br />
standing), you will never (neg. particle, neg. Adv.), ever<br />
(emphatic & temporal; at any time) become spiritually ruined<br />
(ptai,w, AASubj.2P, Ingressive & Constative, Prohibition; fall<br />
into reversionism).<br />
BGT 2 <strong>Peter</strong> 1:10 dio. ma/llon( avdelfoi,( spouda,sate bebai,an u`mw/n th.n klh/sin kai. evklogh.n<br />
poiei/sqai\ tau/ta ga.r poiou/ntej ouv mh. ptai,shte, poteÅ<br />
VUL 2 <strong>Peter</strong> 1:10 quapropter fratres magis satagite ut per bona opera certam vestram vocationem<br />
et electionem faciatis haec enim facientes non peccabitis aliquando
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