and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
He explains the way or means of persevering, when he says, an entrance shall be ministered to you. The import of the words is this: “God, by ever supplying you abundantly with new graces, will lead you to his own kingdom.” And this was added, that we may know, that though we have already passed from death into life, yet it is a passage of...
You have obtained precious faith already, yet you must not rest there as if perfection were reached. Without all diligence you gain no ground in holiness; the slothful make nothing of religion. Strive, or you will not enter in at the strait gate.
AI summary
Commenting on 2 Peter 1:5-11
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 dispensation, or the spiritual kingdom of Christ...