2 Peter: 2:10 10 Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities, you will never fall. Ephesians 4;1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 Thessalonians 2:13 13 Brothers and sisters, whom the Lord loves, God chose you from the beginning to be saved. So we must always thank God for you. You are saved by the Spirit that makes you holy and by your faith in the truth. 14 God used the Good News that we preached to call you to be saved so you can share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:4 4 even as He chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. BECAUSE OF GOD’S PROVISION. BECAUSE OF GOD’s PROMISES BECAUSE OF GOD POWER/ PARTAKERS GREEK This self-control extends ever the whole of life, and consists in the government of all the appetites; it must be learned in the exercise of that practical knowledge which discerns between good and evil- Schreiner Thomas- Commentary 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.