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Verse 6. _TEMPERANCE_] A proper and limited use of all earthly
enjoyments, keeping every sense under proper restraints, and never
permitting the animal part to subjugate the rational.
_PATIENCE_] Bea...
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AND TO KNOWLEDGE TEMPERANCE - On the meaning of the word
“temperance,” see the Acts 24:25 note, and 1 Corinthians 9:25
note. The word here refers to the mastery over all our evil
inclinations and appe...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE GRACIOUS PROVISIONS OF GOD
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. God's gracious provisions in Christ (2 Peter 1:1)_
2. The development of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:5)
3. The promises o...
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The author writes to those who possess a faith not less honourable
(precious) than that of the apostles themselves, since they, too,
possess all things pertaining to life and godliness. But effort on...
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Since his divine power has bestowed upon us all things that are
necessary for true life and true religion, through the knowledge of
him who called us to his own glory and excellence, and since through...
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THE MAN WHO OPENED DOORS (2 Peter 1:1)
_ 1:1 Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, writes this
letter to those to whom there has been allotted a faith equal in
honour and privilege wit...
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TEMPERANCE. self-control. Greek. _enkrateia._ See Acts 24:25....
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_and to knowledge temperance_ Better, as before, AND BY KNOWLEDGE
TEMPERANCE. The word for "temperance" has a wider range than the
modern sense of the English term. "_Self-government_" or
"_self-contr...
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ΓΝΩ͂ΣΙΣ. Mayor well compares John 7:17 ἐάν τις θέλῃ
τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν, γνώσεται
περὶ τῆς διδαχῆς. Only, here, the knowledge that will
come of ἀρετή is not only knowledge _about_ God, but knowledg...
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ΕΓΚΡΆΤΕΙΑ (G1466) самоконтроль; _букв._
"удержание себя в рамках" (RWP; Galatians 5:23)....
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DISCOURSE: 2419
THE CHRISTIAN’S GRACES
2 Peter 1:5. Beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith
virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to
temperance patience; and t...
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TEMPERANCE— The word εγκρατεια sometimes signifies
_abstinence from_ some particular _vice,_ and is used more especially
for _continence_ or chastity: but it commonlysignifies abstinence or
moderation...
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2 PETER 1:5-7 YEA, AND FOR THIS VERY CAUSE ADDING ON YOUR PART ALL
DILIGENCE, IN YOUR FAITH SUPPLY VIRTUE; AND IN YOUR VIRTUE KNOWLEDGE;
AND IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE SELF-CONTROL; AND IN YOUR SELF-CONTROL PA...
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And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to
patience godliness; [ En (G1722) ... engkrateian (G1466)], 'And in
your knowledge self-control.' In the exercise of knowledge, or
disce...
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1 The introduction of the name Simeon, before Peter, and slave in
addition to apostle, gives us a clue to the character of this second
epistle. The emphasis is laid on practice rather than precept. It...
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1:6 temperance, (c-3) Or 'self control,' as Galatians 5:23 .
'Endurance' is _ hupomone_ . see James 5:7 ....
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GREEETING. THANKSGIVING. EXHORTATION TO PROGEESS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM
ONE WHO REMEMBERS JESUS CHRIST
2 Peter 1 may be subdivided into two parts: (_a_) 2 Peter 1:1,
greeting followed by a declaration...
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TEMPERANCE] RM 'self-control.'...
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JESUS WILL RETURN
PETER’S SECOND LETTER
_HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_
ABOUT THIS LETTER
THE WRITER
Peter wrote this letter. His name used to be Simon, but Jesus changed
it to Peter (John 1:42...
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The false teachers claimed to know special secrets. However, they did
not know the difference between what is right and wrong. So, Peter
wanted Christians to know more and more about Jesus. Then they...
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AND TO KNOWLEDGE TEMPERANCE; AND TO TEMPERANCE PATIENCE; AND TO
PATIENCE GODLINESS. — _And in your knowledge_ [_supply_]_ self
control, and in your self-control, patience, and in your patience,
godlin...
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(3-11) Exhortation to progress in spiritual graces in order to win
eternal life at Christ’s coming. God has given us all we need for
salvation; let us profit by it, and show ourselves worthy of it....
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CHAPTER 20
WHO SHALL ASCEND INTO THE HILL OF THE LORD?
2 Peter 1:5
THE Apostle has just set forth in all their fullness the riches of
Divine grace: the precious faith, followed by the bestowal of al...
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_Faith is not only illumination but character_. “Nor is this all. On
your part bring the utmost earnestness to bear, and in your faith
supply moral energy, and in your moral energy understanding, and...
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ἐγκράτειαν : “self-control”: accompanied by, and
arising from, knowledge, and not a mere product of fear or submission
to authority. ὑπομονήν : “steadfastness” not turned aside
from the faith by trial...
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THE RULE OF CHRISTIAN GROWTH
2 Peter 1:1/p>
The keynote of this paragraph is _these things_, 2 Peter 1:8.
_Precious faith_, 2 Peter 1:1, answers to _precious promises_,...
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This Epistle was addressed to the same persons as was the first. Its
purpose was to strengthen them in view of dangers threatening them
within the Church. The apostle addressed them as having 'like pr...
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SELF-CONTROL, PERSEVERANCE AND GODLINESS
The fourth note is self-control, or as the King James has it,
temperance (1 Corinthians 9:25-27; Acts 24:25; Galatians 5:23). As one
grows in the knowledge of...
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(6) And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to
patience godliness;
(6) He brings up certain and other principal virtues, of which some
pertain to the first table of the law, othe...
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"Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God,
and of Jesus our Lord, (3) According as his divine power hath given
unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, throu...
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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...
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_PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN LIFE_
‘And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue;
and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to
temperance patience; and to patience godlines...
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The Second Epistle of Peter is even more simple than the First. Like
those of Jude and John, it is written essentially with a view to the
seducers, who, with large promises of liberty, beguiled souls...
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AND TO KNOWLEDGE, TEMPERANCE,.... Avoiding all excess in eating and
drinking, and all impure and unclean lusts; for it signifies nothing
what a man knows, or professes to know, if his life is a scene...
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And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to
patience godliness;
Ver. 6. _And to knowledge, temperance_] That ye be wise to sobriety,
not curiously searching into those things wher...
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_And to knowledge, temperance_ This virtue consists in a confirmed
habit of ruling all the affections, passions, and appetites of our
nature in a proper manner, by placing our affections on proper
obj...
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THE OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED UPON THE BELIEVERS BY THE RICH PROMISES OF
GOD.
God's promises and the Christian virtues:...
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AND TO KNOWLEDGE, TEMPERANCE; AND TO TEMPERANCE, PATIENCE; AND TO
PATIENCE, GODLINESS;...
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Peter writes not only as an apostle (as in his first epistle), but as
a bondman and apostle. So authority is not only stressed, but
lowliness of subjection, a precious reminder in days of deter-mined...
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_ 2 Peter 1:6 ‘and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your
self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness'_
‘YOUR KNOWLEDGE' -This knowledge must be your own personal
possession...
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1-11 Faith unites the weak believer to Christ, as really as it does
the strong one, and purifies the heart of one as truly as of another;
and every sincere believer is by his faith justified in the s...
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TEMPERANCE; a grace which represseth, and curbs in, not only sensual
lusts, but all inordinate appetites, GALATIANS 5:22 TITUS 1:8.
PATIENCE; that Christian fortitude whereby we hear afflictions and
i...
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2 Peter 1:6 G1161 to G1722 knowledge G1108 self-control G1466 G1161 to
G1722 self-control G1466 perseverance G5281...
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‘Yes, and for this very reason, adding on your part all diligence,
in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge; and in your
knowledge self-control; and in your self-control patient endur...
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WE ARE THUS TO CULTIVATE ALL THAT IS GOOD AND PURE IN LIFE (2 PETER
1:5).
Because of our participation in His divine nature, we are therefore to
become an example of all that is good and pure....
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The writer starts at once, and in a somewhat abrupt and nervous
fashion, with the great theme of advance in the spiritual life. He
regards this as essential. He takes it for granted that it can be mad...
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2 Peter 1:6. AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE SELF-CONTROL. This is the grace
which appears also as the ‘temperance' of which Paul reasoned before
Felix (Acts 24:25), and as the last thing noticed in Paul's
enume...
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TEMPERANCE
(την εγκρατειαν). Self-control. Old word (from
εγκρατης, εν and κρατος, one holding himself in as in
Titus 1:8), in N.T. only here, Acts 24:25; Galatians 5:23. The
opposite of the πλεονεξ...
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2 Peter 1:6
Patience.
I. Of most things God has made the beginning easy and inviting, the
next stages arduous, but the ulterior progress delightfully rewarding.
Of this you have a familiar example in...
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2 Peter 1:5
The Golden Series.
I. It is no one grace which makes a Christian. A man may have great
knowledge, but if he wants charity, it profits nothing, or if he be a
man of courage, but without g...
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2 Peter 1:5
Christian Growth.
The word in the text which has been translated in our version "add" is
a very pictorial term, and refers to a choir of well-trained
musicians, such as Heman or Asaph led...
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2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ,
Peter was pleased to be able to write those words._
There was a time when he had thrice denied his Master, but now he is
glad to c...
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2 Peter 1:1. _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:_
Peter here...
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CONTENTS: The great Christian virtues. God's Word exalted.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Peter.
CONCLUSION: The Christian should be diligent to add one Christian
grace to another that he may bring glory...
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2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter,_ the Greek is Symeon, as in two other
places of the Greek text. _To them that have obtained like precious
faith,_ the christians of every name. _Through the righteousness of...
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SELF-CONTROL. See Romans 8:9 and note, Not _asceticism,_ but
self-discipline. ENDURANCE. The active quality of holding firmly to
the promises of Christ, confident that God rules and rewards!
GODLINESS...
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:3 God’s Grace in Christ Is the Source of
Godly Living. In this first main section, Peter emphasizes that
God’s grace results in godliness....
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:6 GODLINESS means “piety, devotion to
God” (also in vv. 2 Peter 1:3, 2 Peter
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
2 Peter 1:5. BESIDE THIS.—“Yea, and for this very cause,” “on
this very account.” DILIGENCE.—Or earnestness; putting heart into
effort. ADD.—Better as R.V., “in your fa...
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EXPOSITION
2 PETER 1:1
SIMON PETER. "Symeon" seems to be the best-supported spelling in this
place. The same form of the name is found in Luke 2:25 and Acts 13:1;
it also occurs in...
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Second Peter.
Simon Peter (2 Peter 1:1),
The name Simon, of course, was the given name. Peter is the name that
Jesus gave to him. He is,
a bondslave and an apostle (2 Peter 1:1)
It seems that bond...
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1 Corinthians 9:25; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Timothy 2:10; 1 Timothy
2:2;...
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Temperance [ε γ κ ρ α τ ε ι α]. Self - control; holding the
passions and desires in hand. See 1 Corinthians 9:25.
Patience [υ π ο μ ο ν η ν]. Lit., remaining behind or staying,
from menw, to wait. Not...
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EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES
2 Peter 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It is not the fact of exceeding great and precious promises which
primarily concerns me; it is my entering into a personal realiz...
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A CALL TO GREATER THINGS
2 Peter 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The author of the Epistle. It is most refreshing and certainly
inspiring to open the Bible and find an Epistle which is indited by
the Hol...
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And to your knowledge temperance; and to your temperance patience —
Bear and forbear; sustain and abstain; deny yourself and take up your
cross daily. The more knowledge you have, the more renounce yo...