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Grace-Fueled Effort
Commentators stress that our effort in the Christian life is a direct response to God's grace. Peter says "for this very cause"—because God has already given us a divine nature (v. 4)—we should be diligent. This isn't about earning salvation but actively cooperating with the grace God has already provided. As one scholar puts it, "Sanctification is a work of God in which believers cooperate."
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Peter 1:5
18th Century
Theologian
And beside this. kai auto touto. Something here needs to be understood to complete the sense. The reference is to [Reference 2 Pe…
AT Robertson
On 2 Peter 1:5
Yea, and for this very cause (κα αυτο τουτο δε). Adverbial accusative (αυτο τουτο) here, a classic idiom, with both κα and δε. Cf.…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Peter 1:5
19th Century
Bishop
And beside this.—Rather, and for this very reason. The Authorised Version is quite indefensible, and it is all the more r…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Peter 1:2–5
19th Century
Preacher
Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as His divine power has given to us all thi…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Peter 1:5
Because of the new birth and the promises associated with it, Christians participate in the divine nature (v.4). But the new birth does not rule ou…
John Calvin
On 2 Peter 1:5
16th Century
Theologian
And besides this. As it is an arduous work and one of immense labor to put off the corruption that is in us, he instructs us to strive and…
John Gill
On 2 Peter 1:5
17th Century
Pastor
And besides this, giving all diligence "Or upon this", as the Syriac and Arabic versions read, bestow all your labour, di…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Peter 1:1–11
17th Century
Minister
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…