_ Outline:_ The Purpose Of This Letter: 2 Peter 3:1-2 Those Who Will Mock The Second Coming: 2 Peter 3:3-7 The True Purpose Behind Any Delay: 2 Peter 3:8-9 The Day Of The Lord: 2 Peter 3:10-14 Paul Taught The Same Thing: 2 Peter 3:15-16 Grow In Grace And Knowledge: 2 Peter 3:17-18 Introductor... [ Continue Reading ]
_2 Peter 3:1 ‘This is now, beloved, the second letter. am writing to you in which. am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,'_ ‘THIS IS NOW' -lit., this epistle already. second one. write unto you. ‘Now'-‘implies that the interval between the two epistles was not long.' (P.P. Comm. p. 65... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:2 ‘that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.'_ ‘THAT YOU SHOULD REMEMBER' -Indicating that man can remember! In addition, man's memory can be “selective”, there are many things that we ca... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:3 ‘Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts,'_ ‘KNOW THIS FIRST OF ALL' -‘recognize this fact in the beginning' (Woods p. 180). Consider how God helps us to understand His word. ‘Here is the first thing to unders... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:4 ‘and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.”'_ ‘AND SAYING' -God gives us one of the arguments being spread by these deceivers. We should remember at this point that God will tak... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:5 ‘For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water,'_ ‘FOR WHEN THEY MAINTAIN THIS' -The previous assertion. _‘IT ESCAPES THEIR NOTICE'_ -‘to escape notice, lit., this escapes t... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:6 ‘through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.'_ ‘THROUGH WHICH' -‘and that by the same means the world which then existed was destroyed in. deluge of water' (TCNT) ‘literally, through which things' (plural). The same means that brought about the dry la... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:7 ‘But the present heavens and earth by His word are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.'_ ‘PRESENT HEAVENS AND EARTH' -‘Present'-In contrast to the condition of the earth prior to the flood, the present earth, the earth as we now see it... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:8 ‘But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as. thousand years, and. thousand years as one day.'_ ‘BUT DO NOT LET THIS ONE FACT ESCAPE YOUR NOTICE' -Peter seems to anticipate another argument which was popular among the false teachers. ‘Pete... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:9 ‘The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.'_ ‘THE LORD IS NOT SLOW ABOUT HIS PROMISE' -‘Slow'-slack, to delay, loiter, negligent. ‘hold back in hesitation' (Arndt p. 147)... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:10 ‘But the day of the Lord will come like. thief, in which the heavens will pass away with. roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.'_ ‘BUT THE DAY OF THE LORD' -‘But'-Not withstanding God's patience, such patience does h... [ Continue Reading ]
_2 Peter 3:11 ‘Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,'_ ‘SINCE ALL THESE THINGS ARE TO BE DESTROYED IN THIS WAY' -‘All'-every bit of these things, nothing will be left to be made over or re-made. ‘Destroyed'-same wo... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:12 ‘looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, on account of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!'_ ‘LOOKING FOR' -Present tense. ‘Wait, look for, expect' (Arndt p. 712) We are to be watchful and always prepared, in a... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 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 this planet, the entire universe, and the wicked. __ ‘ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE' -That is, the pro... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:14 ‘Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,'_ ‘THEREFORE, BELOVED' -Peter is saying, in view of all these ‘facts', how then should we live? _‘SINCE YOU LOOK FOR THESE THINGS'_ -(2 Peter 3:12). In contrast to... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:15 ‘and regard the patience of our Lord to be salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,'_ ‘AND REGARD THE PATIENCE OF OUR LORD TO BE SALVATION' -‘Look upon our Lord's patience as salvation' (Gspd). Instead of viewing God's delay as... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:16 ‘as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.'_ ‘AS ALSO IN ALL HIS LETTERS' -Which admits the existence of mor... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:17 ‘You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard lest, being carried away by the error of unprincipled men, you fall from your own steadfastness,'_ ‘YOU, THEREFORE, BELOVED' -Notice what Peter doesn't say. He never tells people to stop studying their Bibles, lest th... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2 Peter 3:18 ‘but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him to be glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.'_ ‘BUT' -In contrast to falling from your own steadfastness. _‘GROW'_ -Spiritual growth is commanded and expected of every Christian (Ephesians 2:1... [ Continue Reading ]