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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For if these things be in you,.... Are wrought in you by the Spirit of God, and exercised and performed by his assistance, who works in his people both to will and do: and abound; increase in their acts and exercises by the frequent performance of them: they make you; both by way of influence and evidence, [that ye shall] neither [be] barren nor...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am sure you do not wish to be barren; I cannot imagine that any of you will be content to be unfruitful; so seek after all these virtues, and may God help you to give diligence to the attainment of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But he that lacketh these things,.... Or in, and with whom, they are not; that is, these virtues, as the Arabic version reads, as faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity; where the principles of those things are not, and they are not exercised and performed, such an one is blind: let him boast...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: He who is diligent in seeking these graces is kept from falling. Every Christian is safe...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, He is short-sighted; he has some light, and some physical sight, but he cannot see to a distance; spiritually, he is blind. 2Pe_1:9. And hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. It is a great mercy not merely to see men as trees walking, but to have clear spiritual...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence,.... To exercise the afore mentioned graces, and to perform the above duties, since this is the way to make your calling and election sure; by calling is not meant a call to any office in the church, nor an external call, either by the voice of nature, or by the ministry of the word; but an internal...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things ye shall never fall: This is the second time that Peter writes about giving diligence. We are told not to be slothful in business, and this matter of which Peter writes is the most important of all business. To prosper in this world may...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly,.... An abundant supply of grace and strength shall be freely afforded, to carry you through all the duties and trials of life; and when that shall be ended, an admission will be granted into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; meaning, not the Gospel...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. In this life you can enjoy all the privileges of the inheritors of the kingdom of heaven; and in the life to come you shall go into the harbour of eternal peace like a ship with all her sails full, speeding before a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. You shall get far into the kingdom, you shall know the innermost joys of it. You shall get near the King, and you shall become like the King; and when you come to die, you shall not be tugged into the harbor like a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Wherefore I will not be negligent,.... The apostle having made use of proper arguments to excite the saints he writes to regard the exhortation he had given, to the diligent exercise of grace, and discharge of duty, proceeds to give the reasons of his own conduct, why he gave such an exhortation to them, and pressed it, and continued to do so, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of the things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. We are not merely to preach new truths which people do not know, but we are also to preach the old truths with which they are familiar. The doctrines in which they are well established are still to be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things,- He who exhorts others to be diligent must not himself be negligent, and Peter most appropriately writes, “Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things,”- 2Pe_1:12. Though ye know them, and be established in the present truth....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Yea, I think it meet,.... Or "just". This is the apostle's other reason for his conduct, taken from the duty of his place and office; judging it to be what became him as an apostle and elder, and the minister of the circumcision, and was what was due to God and Christ, whom he served, and the souls of men under his care: as long as I am in this...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, I think it meet, As long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. In the last chapter of the gospel according to John, it is recorded how Christ prophesied concerning the death of Peter, that when he was old,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; When people are as they should be, it is worth while to stir them up. You do not want to stir up dirty water, but you may stir that which is pure and sweet as much as ever you like. And a good fire sometimes becomes a better one by a little...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle,.... Which is another reason why the apostle was so pressing in this case, and so much urged the exhortation, and was so diligent in reminding the saints of it, and stirring them to observe it, because he knew he had but a little time to live, and which therefore he was willing to improve for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. The Lord had told Peter how he was to die. He had told him that he would die by crucifixion: “When thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.” He knew that the day...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Moreover, I will endeavour,.... He signifies, that he should not only use all diligence to stir them up to, and put them in remembrance of the necessary duties of their calling while he was alive, but should make it his study to concert some measures, and take some steps, that you may be able after my decease: or Exodus, meaning his going out of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a...