ἀποφυγόντες τὰ μιάσματα τοῦ κόσμου. We revert to the language of chapter 1. (2 Peter 1:4 ἀποφυγόντες τῆς ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ φθορᾶς). ἐν ἐπιγνώσει κ.τ.λ. 2 Peter 1:2.

In the words δελεάζειν, ἀποφεύγειν, ἡττᾶσθαι we have fresh instances of our author’s tendency to use words over again at short intervals.

τὰ ἔσχατα χείρονα τῶν πρώτων, one of the few citations of our Lord’s words in the Epistle (see Introd. p. xxiv). These occur in Matthew 12:45.

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