2 Peter 3:17

This verse gathers up various thoughts that appear elsewhere in the epistle. Προγινώσκοντες repeats ταῦτα πρῶτον γινώσκοντες of 2 Peter 1:20; 2 Peter 3:1; ἀθέσμων occurs 2 Peter 2:7; πλάνη 2 Peter 2:18. συναπαχθέντες (cf. Galatians 2:13), “carried away”. ἀθέσμων, see note 2 Peter 2:7. στηριγμοῦ, “steadfastness”; perhaps “foundation” is better, although in this sense we would expect στήριγμα. There is, however, a tendency in N.T. to confuse words in - μα - μος. Cf. κύλισμα (2 Peter 2:22). ἁρπαγμός (Philippians 2:6). The foundation is the χάρις and γνῶσις of 2 Peter 3:18. ἰδίου is in emphatic contrast to the untrustworthy basis of the Libertine teaching.