What happensPermalink
Believers’ faith stands equal to the apostles’. God’s power provides all they need for life and godliness. Through His promises they escape corruption and increasingly reflect His character, growing in faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection, and love. Facing death, Peter writes to preserve these truths. His message is no myth: he witnessed Jesus’s majesty at the transfiguration and heard the Father. This agrees with prophetic Scripture, given by God through the Holy Spirit.
Why it mattersPermalink
God’s grace does not merely forgive; it transforms. These qualities do not earn God’s call, but their growth makes believers’ knowledge of Jesus fruitful and confirms that grace is at work. Apostolic eyewitness testimony and Spirit-given Scripture together provide a trustworthy foundation for godly living, guarding Christians from attractive human inventions.
Key versePermalink
Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.