ήγούμαι praes. ind. med. (dep.) от ήγέομαι (G2233) полагать, думать, έφ' οσον (G1909; G3745) так долго, как.
σκήνωμα (G4638) шатер. О сравнении тела с шатром см. 2 Corinthians 5:1; Mayor,
διεγείρειν praes. act. inf. от διεγείρω (G1326) будить ото сна, возбуждать. Предложное сочетание перфектно; окончательно пробуждать или возбуждать (RWP; Mayor). Эпэкз. inf. объясняет, что Петр считает правильным,
ύπόμνησις (G5280) память, напоминание.
Verse 13. _AS LONG AS I AM IN THIS TABERNACLE_] By _tabernacle_ we are to understand his _body_; and hence several of the versions have σωματι, _body_, instead of σκηνωματι, _tabernacle_. Peter's mod...
YEA, I THINK IT MEET - I think it becomes me as an apostle. It is my appropriate duty; a duty which is felt the more as the close of life draws near. AS LONG AS I AM IN THIS TABERNACLE - As long as I...
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...
So long as he lives, it is his duty as an apostle to impress these truths upon them, especially since he anticipates a sudden death. ( 2 PETER 1:14. SWIFTLY: render suddenly the reference is to the pr...
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...
It is for this reason that I intend constantly to remind you of these things, although you already know them, and although you are already firmly established in the truth which you possess. I think it...
MEET. just. App-191. AS LONG AS. for (App-104) such (time) as. TABERNACLE. Greek. _skenoma_. See Acts 7:46. STIR... U p. App-178. ' BY PUTTING _ YOU_ IN. in. REMEMBRANCE. Greek. _hupomnesis._ See...
_Yea, I think it meet_ More accurately, BUT I THINK IT RIGHT. Though he knows them to be established in the truth, he yet looks on it as his duty to remind them of what they know. _as long as I am in...
13, 14. It is the more necessary for me to remind you, since I shall not be long with you. ἘΝ is here used of the instrument. ΤΑΧΙΝΉ, speedy: we may take it to mean that the change is to come soon,...
DISCOURSE: 2421 A PASTORAL ADMONITION 2 Peter 1:12. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you, always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. Y...
YEA, I THINK IT MEET— St. Peter accounted it δικαιον, _meet,_ that is, becoming his character and office, as one of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, and proper for them, as professed Christians...
2 PETER 1:13-14 AND I THINK IT RIGHT, AS LONG AS I AM IN THIS TABERNACLE, TO STIR YOU UP BY PUTTING YOU IN REMEMBRANCE; KNOWING THAT THE PUTTING OFF OF MY TABERNACLE COMETH SWIFTLY, EVEN AS OUR LORD J...
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; YEA, [ de (G1161)] - "But;" though "you know" the truth (2 Peter 1:12). THIS TABERNACLE - soon...
VERSE 13. YEA, I THINK IT MEET. Yet he feels it a duty he owes to the brotherhood, and the, obligations he is under to the Master, to keep the saints stirred up to the necessity of perfecting holines...
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...
TABERNACLE] or 'tent,' i.e. the body (cp. 2 Corinthians 5:1)—a fit thought for those who are sojourners and pilgrims on earth: cp. 1 Peter 1:1; 1 Peter 2:11....
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...
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...
Peter did not think that his readers were weak Christians. They already knew the true *gospel message. They may have heard this message from Peter himself in his first letter. They may have heard it f...
(12-15) Transition from the exhortation just concluded to the argument that follows, closely and naturally connected with both....
YEA, I THINK IT MEET. — Better, _But I think it right._ So Rheims; Tyndale and Cranmer have “notwithstanding.” The meaning is, “but (so far from my writing being unnecessary) I think it right,” &c. IN...
CHAPTER 21 THE VOICE HEARD IN THE HOLY MOUNT 2 Peter 1:12 UP to this point the Apostle has spoken of God's abundant grace and the consequent duties of believers. And he has set forth these duties in...
_The aim of the writer, and the urgency of his message_. “You are already acquainted with and established in the truth, so far as revealed to you, but, in view of the great issues, I shall always be p...
δίκαιον δὲ ἡγοῦμαι. “I consider it a duty.” The language in 2 Peter 1:13-14, is studiously solemn and impressive. σκηνώματι, used in literal sense of “tent” in Deuteronomy 33:18. In Acts 7:46, it is u...
“EYE-WITNESSES OF HIS MAJESTY” 2 Peter 1:12 Peter could never forget what the Master had predicted of his death. See John 21:18. Oh, that in our death, whatever be its mode, we may glorify God! The f...
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...
PETER'S PERSONAL CONCERN Because Peter wanted his readers to receive the blessing of heaven, he wrote to remind them of some truths they already knew. It is the job of those proclaiming the truth to e...
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this (k) tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance; (k) In this body....
_As long as I am in this tabernacle: to wit, of the body, in this mortal life. (Witham)_...
"Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. (13) Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this ta...
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...
13._Yea, I think it meet, _or _right_. He expresses more clearly how useful and how necessary is admonition, because it is needful to arouse the faithful, for otherwise torpor will creep in from the f...
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...
YEA, I THINK IT MEET,.... Or "just". This is the apostle's other reason for his conduct, taken from the duty of his place and office; judging it to be what became him as an apostle and elder, and the...
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting _you_ in remembrance; Ver. 13. _To stir you up_] Gr. διεγειρειν, to rouse you and raise you, _ex veterno torporis,...
_Wherefore_ Considering the evil consequent on the want or neglect of these graces, and the benefit which will arise from the exercise of them; since everlasting destruction would be the consequence o...
THE RELIABILITY OF THE GOSPEL AND OF THE PROPHECY. The apostles as witnesses of Christ's majesty:...
YEA, I THINK IT MEET, AS LONG AS I AM IN THIS TABERNACLE, TO STIR YOU UP BY PUTTING YOU IN REMEMBRANCE,...
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...
_ 2 Peter 1:13 ‘And. consider it right, as long as. am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,'_ ‘AND. CONSIDER IT RIGHT' -This is the right thing to do. ‘Right'-‘that which regar...
12-15 We must be established in the belief of the truth, that we may not be shaken by every wind of doctrine; and especially in the truth necessary for us to know in our day, what belongs to our peac...
IN THIS TABERNACLE; in the body; q.d. Having not long to live, I would live to the best purpose, and so as I may do the most good. He calls his body a tabernacle both in respect of its short continuan...
2 Peter 1:13 Yes G1161 it G2233 (G5736) right G1342 as G1909 G3745 am G1510 (G5748) in...
PETER EMPHASISES HIS WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE EXHORTING THEM, AND THE RIGHTNESS OF DOING SO, AND HE PROMISES THAT HE WILL PURSUE IT WITH TRUE DILIGENCE (2 PETER 1:12) Peter now stresses his readiness a...
‘And I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance, knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified to me....
2 Peter 1:13. BUT I CONSIDER IT RIGHT, SO LONG AS I AM IN THIS TABERNACLE, TO STIR YOU UP IN THE WAY OF REMINDER. ‘But' represents the sense better than the ‘And' of the R. V. Although he gives them c...
The writer next expresses his resolution to use the brief portion of life now remaining to him in recalling the attention of his readers to the great truths to which he has been referring, and in maki...
I THINK IT RIGHT (δικαιον ηγουμα). Peter considers this to be his solemn duty, "right" (δικαιον). Cf. Philippians 3:1; Ephesians 6:1.SO LONG AS (εφ' οσον). For this phrase see Matthew 9:15;...
2 Peter 1:9. _But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off,_ He is short-sighted; he has some light, and some physical sight, but he cannot see to a distance; spiritually, he is...
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...
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...
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...
I THINK IT ONLY RIGHT. Peter seems to apologize for writing this second letter so soon. But he expects to die very soon (2 Peter 1:14), and he wants to do as much as possible to make them stand firm i...
2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:12 Peter’s Reminder to the Churches. Peter contrasts the truth about Christ and the falsehood of man-made myths. In light of this certain truth, the church should focus on li...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 2 Peter 1:12. PRESENT TRUTH.—Not some particular phase of truth, but the truth which you have and hold. 2 Peter 1:14. SHOWED ME.—The reference cannot be to John 21:18,...
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...
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...
2 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:8; 2 Peter 1:12; 2 Peter 1:14;...
Tabernacle [σ κ η ν ω μ α τ ι]. A figurative expression for the body, used also by Paul, 2 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:4, though he employs the shorter kindred word skhnov. Peter also has the sam...
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...
In this tabernacle — Or tent. How short is our abode in the body! How easily does a believer pass out of it!...