Afraid not
2 Pet. 1:1 —KJV
“¶ Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:”
First as the Greek scholar Alford notes
personam, ita nec divina electio acceptatrix est personarum”) like precious faith (faith,—i. e. substance of truth believed: faith objective, not subjective,—of equal value
Henry Alford, Alford’s Greek Testament: An Exegetical and Critical Commentary, vol. 4 (Grand Rapids, MI: Guardian Press, 1976), 389.
Second gift is never mentioned
Lol! None of what you offer proves or even hints at your "afraid not." Goodness sake, you dont even read what you post and assume those you quote support you (not Scripture, you!)?
You're merely looking at the word faith, which, if you paid attention to your own quote
is not subjective. Um, do you even know what that means?
Secondly it speaks of faith being
obtained, which means
given by Divine allotment literally.
Given. By. Divine. Allotment.
Uh oh! Looks like God is Sovereign over that too!
But you just can't be wrong, even when your supplied quotes deny your claims, so it is and will be no surprise that you will reject this faith was given by Divine allotment.
It is gifted.
It is not worth debating you when you're disingenuous, don't even comprehend your supplied quotes, and will ignore, disregard, and argue your way out of plain teachings of plain Scripture. In your theology your god is sovereign over everything, all, even your next breath as you alluded to in another response, but not in salvation.
My post is for the benefit of those who want to praise God for the faith, grace, and salvation gifted them, something which is altogether rejected by Tom no matter how clear Scripture is.
Oh, one last thing Tom's quotes in Latin from his own supplied source refutes his own argument. It is "non ipsi sibi pararunt" speaking of the faith obtained, and means in English "prepared
for themselves,
not by them." This literally, from his own supplied quote refutes him. Their faith is not by them.
This is why it isnt profitable to engage him as he will simply twist and reject plain Scripture and clear refutation. Tom has placed himself above Scripture, it must succumb to him, not him to Scripture. Tom, you need brought to repentance. Brought to, not decided to.