German Theology

make you idle or lazy in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But he who lacks these things is blind,
groping in the dark original: "caecutiens," literally "blinking" or "short-sighted.", and having forgotten
the cleansing of his old sins.
Therefore, brothers, be all the more eager
to make your calling and election sure
by your good deeds original: "rectè factis". The author adds this phrase to the scriptural quote to emphasize that faith must be proven through action..
For if you do these things, you will
never stumble. These are the words of Peter,
speaking of a true and living faith:
a faith that not only grants a man
the forgiveness of his sins through the
merit of Christ, but also brings it
about that—just as he previously
offered his limbs as servants of
injustice for sinning—he should
henceforth offer them as servants of
justice for doing right. And because
in this passage Peter describes a
kind of ladder of salvation, I wish
to explain it, so that we may see
more clearly by which steps we must
ascend. This is so that no one might
stop at the first step and think
he has already reached salvation,
while he is still so many steps away
from it. Therefore, faith (as
Peter’s teaching holds)