8. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9. But he that lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10. Therefore rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if you do these things, you shall never fall: