05-Misreading Peter

The words in question are: ‘My brothers, be all the more eager to
make your calling and election sure’ (2 Pet. 1:10). I am sure that
many misread the apostle here. Let me quote him in full:
[God’s] divine power has given us everything we need for life
and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by
his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his
very great and precious promises, so that through them you may
participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the
world caused by evil desires. For this very reason, make every
effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness,
knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control,
perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness,
brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you
possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you
from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of
our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is
nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been
cleansed from his past sins. Therefore, my brothers, be all the
more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do
these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich
welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ (2 Pet. 1:3-11).