As his divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the acknowledgment of him who has called us by his glorious power,

through which things very great and precious favors that were promised have been given us, that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through desire:

Wherefore, brethren, give the greater diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if you do these things, you will never fall.

For thus will an entrance be given you abundantly into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

and count the long-suffering of our Lord, salvation, even as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, has written to you;