Wherefore (διο). Because of the exhortation and argument in verses 5-9.Give the more diligence (μαλλον σπουδασατε…

Therefore, all the more, brothers, be diligent (2 Peter 1:5). "In view of these things, give the greater diligence to secure y…

Therefore, all the more.—The exhortation is resumed with even greater earnestness for the reasons just stated in [Referen…

But he who lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

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In view of the dangers spoken of in v.9 and the possibility of a fruitful knowledge of God (v.8), Peter exhorts Christians “to make [their] calling…

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence. He draws this conclusion, that it is one proof that we have been truly elected, and not ca…

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence
To exercise the aforementioned graces, and to perform the above dutie…

Faith unites the weak believer to Christ as really as it does the strong one, and purifies the heart of one as truly as of another; and every since…