What does 2 Peter 3:13 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness."
Verse 13. _WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, LOOK FOR NEW HEAVENS_] The promise to which it is supposed the apostle alludes, is found Isaiah 65:17: _Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the f...
NEVERTHELESS WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE - The allusion here seems to be, beyond a doubt, to two passages in Isaiah, in which a promise of this kind is found. Isaiah 65:17; “for, behold, I create new...
III. THE FUTURE OF THE EARTH AND THE CONCLUSION CHAPTER 3 _ 1. Mocking at the Lord's coming (2 Peter 3:1)_ 2. The future of the earth (2 Peter 3:8) 3. EXHORTATION AND CONCLUSION (2 PETER 3:11) 2...
Moreover the Lord is not really slow to fulfil His promise; He does not reckon time as men reckon. His seeming slowness is not the manifestation of His impotence, but of His long-suffering love (_cf._...
THE PRINCIPLES OF PREACHING (2 Peter 3:1-2)...
ACCORDING TO. App-104. PROMISE. See 2 Peter 1:4.Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22. NEW. Greek. _kainos._ See Matthew 9:17. WHEREIN. in (App-104.) which. DWELLETH. See Acts 2:5....
_we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth_ The promise of which the Apostle speaks is that of Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22, where we have the very words, "new heavens and a new...
NOTE ON THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD BY FIRE The passage 2 Peter 3:5-13 is the only one in the New Testament which speaks of the destruction of the world by fire. The coming of Christ, the Resurrecti...
ΈΠΆΓΓΕΛΜΑ (G1862) обещанное, обетование. ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΏΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΈΩ (G4328) ожидать, ждать. "Мы" включающее в себя говорящего (GGBB, 398). ΚΑΤΟΙΚΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΟΙΚΈΩ (G...
DISCOURSE: 2428 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT 2 Peter 3:10. _The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with...
NEVERTHELESS, WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, LOOK, &C.— That is, "Though the present frame of things shall be dissolved by fire, yet we look for another, a more durable and perfect state; new heavens,...
2 PETER 3:13 BUT, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, WE LOOK FOR NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH, WHEREIN DWELLETH RIGHTEOUSNESS. _Expanded Translation_ But (though this world shall surely be destroyed as I have...
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. NEVERTHELESS - in contrast to the destructive effects of the day of God stand its co...
VERSE 13. NEVERTHELESS, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE. God has promised us a new heaven and a new earth after this has been burned up. Unlike those destroyed by fire, in them was evil. In the ones promise...
1 It is the special function of the Circumcision epistles to reaffirm and enforce the ancient prophetc Scriptures and the words of our Lord before His death and ascension. This is notably lacking in P...
ANTIDOTE AGAINST DESPISING THE DAY OF THE LORD. EXHORTATION. DOXOLOGY 2 Peter 3 may be subdivided into three parts: (_a_) 2 Peter 3:1. 'This Second Epistle is a reminder of what prophets and apostles...
JESUS WILL RETURN PETER’S SECOND LETTER _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 JESUS WILL RETURN AND GOD’S JUDGEMENT WILL HAPPEN V1 Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. Both let...
NEVERTHELESS WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE. — “Nevertheless” is too strong, and the emphasis is on “new,” not on “we.” _But new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness, we look for, acc...
CHAPTER 29 "WHAT MANNER OF PERSONS OUGHT YE TO BE?" 2 Peter 3:10 THE Apostle, ever earnest to put the brethren in mind of the things they had heard or read, never fails to follow his own precept. Hi...
_The ethical value of the Parousia expectation_. “Seeing then that all these things are to be dissolved, how great an effect it ought to exercise on our whole moral and religious life, as we look forw...
“HOLY LIVING AND GODLINESS” 2 Peter 3:10 How quickly the great European convulsion broke upon the world in the summer of 1914! Who expected such a sudden burst of the great storm! We are evidently n...
False teaching which denies the power of Christ issues in false thinking which denies the Coming of Christ. There will be mockers who will walk in lust and make sport of the great hope of the Church,...
THE PROMISE OF NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH The new heavens and new earth promise is evidently from Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22. Christians should know that when the old earth is destroyed there will b...
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, (f) wherein dwelleth righteousness. (f) In which heavens....
"Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, (12) Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, whe...
In the second Epistle of Peter (and here I must be brief, because of the hour; and I may be brief because Jude will afford us a further consideration of it) we have the same substantial truth of God's...
_CHRISTIANITY AND THE FUTURE_ ‘But, according to His promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.’ 2 Peter 3:13 (R.V.) The Apostles deal very much with the futu...
In the last Chapter, as we have said, it is materialism: trust in the stability of that which can be seen, in contrast with trust in the word of God which teaches us to look for the coming of Jesus, t...
NEVERTHELESS WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE,.... Or promises, as the Alexandrian copy, and the Vulgate Latin version; namely those in Isaiah 65:17; LOOK FOR NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH; not figurativel...
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Ver. 13. _According to his promise_] Which is good sure hold. For he pays not his prom...
_Nevertheless we, according to his promise_, &c. That is, “Though the present frame of things shall be dissolved by fire, yet we look for another, a more durable and perfect state; _new heavens and a...
HIS PROMISE; ISAIAH 65:17; Isaiah 66:22; REVELATION 21:1....
The attitude of the Christians:...
This chapter now shows that the government of God will bring everything to a proper conclusion: every evil principle will be judged unsparingly, and those also who embrace such evil; and out of this j...
_ 2 Peter 3:13 ‘But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and. new earth, in which righteousness dwells.'_ ‘BUT' -The positive results of that day, in contrast to the destruction of...
11-18 From the doctrine of Christ's second coming, we are exhorted to purity and godliness. This is the effect of real knowledge. Very exact and universal holiness is enjoined, not resting in any low...
NEVERTHELESS WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE: see ISAIAH 65:17 ISAIAH 66:22 REVELATION 21:1,27, to which this text seems to refer, speak of a new state of the church here in the world, yet by way of allu...
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless G1161 we G4328 according G2596 His G846 promise G1862 for G4328 (G5719) new G2537 heavens G3772 and G2532 new G2537 earth G1093 in G1722 which G3739 righteousness G1343 dwell...
THE REASON FOR DELAY AND THE FINAL FULFILMENT (2 PETER 3:8)....
The closing verses are devoted to the pressing of certain practical injunctions, which are closely connected with the Christian view of the end. These are given in a strain as tender as it is solemn a...
PROMISE (επαγγελμα). As in 2 Peter 1:4. The reference is to Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22. See also Revelation 21:1. For καινος (new) see on Matthew 26:29. For the expectant attitude in προσδοκωμεν (we...
RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (1 John 3:7). _...
2 Peter 3:13 I. The man who saw this vision may be described as a dreamer, and the glorious dream which he has put before us here still waits for its fulfilment. But dreamers are the pioneers of worke...
2 Peter 3:1. _This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up pour pure minds by way of remembrance: that ye may be mindful of the words which. were spoken before by the ho...
CONTENTS: Return of the Lord and the Day of Jehovah. Christ's return to be generally denied. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Peter. CONCLUSION: The general denial that will be made in the last days of the...
Grotius, with his usual tartness, contends that this is the beginning of a new epistle by Simon, but not Simon Peter. But if so, why did Peter leave the words at the end of the second chapter unclosed...
BUT WE WAIT. The Coming will be both judgment for the wicked and triumph for the Kingdom! The Church Militant will become the Church Triumphant!!! NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH. _MacKnight_ understands...
_Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved._ IMMORTALITY AND SCIENCE It is a singular fact that these words have far more probability of truth than they had a generation ago. Then, the sta...
2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 3:1 The Day of the Lord Will Surely Come. Peter turns his attention to explaining the Lord’s promised return. Apparently he is responding to a disagreement in the church concer...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 2 Peter 3:8. ONE DAY, etc.—The time-element gave opportunity to the scoffers. The time-measures of God must not be thought of as like those of men. It is to misreprese...
EXPOSITION 2 PETER 3:1 THIS SECOND EPISTLE, BELOVED, I NOW WRITE UNTO YOU; literally, _this Epistle already a second one I write unto you. _The ἤδη ("already") implies that the interval between th...
Now Peter said this second epistle, Beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the h...
Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22; Revelation 21:1; Revelation 21:27...
We look for. The same verb as in ver. 12. It occurs three times in 12 - 14. New [κ α ι ν ο υ ς]. See on Matthew 26:29....
INEXCUSABLE IGNORANCE 2 Peter 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We like the way this chapter opens. The Apostle says, "This Second Epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure min...
We look for new heavens and a new earth — Raised as it were out of the ashes of the old; we look for an entire new state of things. Wherein dwelleth righteousness — Only righteous spirits. How great a...
Observe here, 1. What is the subject matter of the Christian's expectation, he looks for new HEAVENS, and. new EARTH in which DWELLETH RIGHTEOUSNESS, that is, only righteous persons, and perfectly rig...