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Verse 9. _BUT HE THAT LACKETH THESE THINGS_] He, whether Jew or
Gentile, who professes to have FAITH in God, and has not added to that
FAITH _fortitude, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness,_
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BUT HE THAT LACKETH THESE THINGS IS BLIND - He has no clear views of
the nature and the requirements of religion.
AND CANNOT SEE AFAR OFF - The word used here, which does not occur
elsewhere in the Ne...
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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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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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For, if these things exist and increase within you, they will make you
not ineffective and not unfruitful in your progress towards the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever does not possess...
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THAT LACKETH, &C. = to whom these things are not (App-105) present.
AND CANNOT, &C. = being short-sighted. Greek. _muopazo._ Only here.
AND HATH, &C. = having received forgetfulness (Greek. _lethe_....
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_But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see far off_
More accurately, FOR HE TO WHOM THESE THINGS ARE NOT PRESENT IS BLIND,
NEAR-SIGHTED. The causal conjunction is important in the sequ...
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On the other hand their absence makes a man spiritually blind, or at
least short-sighted.
ΜΥΩΠΆΖΩΝ (the more natural form of the word would have been
μυωπιάζων, cf. μυωπία) means screwing up the eyes...
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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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AND CANNOT SEE AFAR OFF,— The word Μυωπαζων signifies
literally _winking,_ or closing the eyes against the light. The
apostle having represented the professed Christian, who is destitute
of the graces...
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2 PETER 1:8-9 FOR IF THESE THINGS ARE YOURS AND ABOUND, THEY MAKE YOU
TO BE NOT IDLE OR UNFRUITFUL UNTO THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST. FOR HE THAT LACKETH THESE THINGS IS BLIND, SEEING ONLY W...
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But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off,
and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
BUT, [ Gar (G1063)] - 'For.' Confirming the need of these graces (2
Pete...
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VERSE 9. BUT HE THAT LACKETH THESE THINGS IS BLIND.
The one that does not possess the qualities named is blind, morally
blind. As natural blindness prevents the seeing of objects, so one
morally blin...
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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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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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BLIND, AND CANNOT SEE FAR OFF] As in 1 Peter 1:11, the first statement
is less exact than the second. He who cares not to progress loses his
spiritual vision; the cleansing he received in baptism, and...
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Any Christian who does not have these qualities is like a blind
person. He is not physically blind. His mind cannot ‘see’ (that
is, understand) what God requires. Such a person has forgotten that
God...
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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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BUT HE THAT LACKETH. — Rather, _for he that lacketh._ Geneva and
Rheims have “for.” The “for” introduces the second reason for
the exhortation to furnish forth all these graces — viz., the evil
of not...
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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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μυωπάζων : “short-sighted”. Only once elsewhere in Greek
literature in Ps. Dionys. _Eccl. Hier._ ii. 3. This is one of the
words to which exception has been taken in 2 Peter. It is both rare,
and it s...
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_Further emphasis on the connexion between faith and morality, and its
reward_. “If you have these virtues, and are not sparing in your use
of them, you will not be ineffective and unfruitful in the d...
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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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AVOIDING SPIRITUAL MYOPIA BY DEVELOPING ETERNAL VISION
The graces of verses 5-7, must be in the Christian and multiply if he
would not become idle (See K.J.V. margin) and without fruit in the
knowledg...
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But he that lacketh these things is blind, and (i) cannot see afar
off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
(i) He that has not an effectual knowledge of God in him, is blind
con...
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_Groping, [2] like one that is blind. The Greek may signify one who
hath his eyes shut, or that is like a blind mole. (Witham)_
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Manu tentans,_ Greek: muopazon._...
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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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9._But he that lacketh these things. _He now expresses more clearly
that they who profess a naked faith are wholly without any true
knowledge. He then says that they go astray like the blind in
darkne...
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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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BUT HE THAT LACKETH THESE THINGS,.... Or in, and with whom, they are
not; that is, these virtues, as the Arabic version reads, as faith,
virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly
k...
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But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off,
and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
Ver. 9. _But he that lacketh these_] Those that add not to their stock
of...
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_But he that lacketh these things_ And does not add them to his faith;
_is blind_ With respect to spiritual things. The eyes of his
understanding are again closed; he hath lost _the evidence of things...
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BUT HE THAT LACKETH THESE THINGS IS BLIND AND CANNOT SEE AFAR OFF, AND
HATH FORGOTTEN THAT HE WAS PURGED FROM HIS OLD SINS....
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The fruitful diligence of the Christians:...
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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 1:9 ‘For he who lacks these qualities is blind or
short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former
sins.'_
‘HE WHO LACKS THESE QUALITIES IS..' -A professed Christian can fai...
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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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BUT HE THAT LACKETH THESE THINGS; he that doth not live in the
exercise of the forementioned graces. IS BLIND; spiritually blind, as
being destitute of saving knowledge. AND CANNOT SEE AFAR OFF: the
G...
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2 Peter 1:9 For G1063 who G3739 lacks G3361 G3918 (G5748) things G5023
is G2076 (G5748) shortsighted...
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‘For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near
(shortsighted or blinking), having forgotten the cleansing from his
old sins.'
In contrast those who neglect these things are short-si...
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A PLEA THAT THEY MAKE THEIR CALLING AND ELECTION SURE (2 PETER 1:9).
Peter now points out that those whose lives fail to be continually
fruitbearing in the way that he has described reveal that they...
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2 Peter 1:9. FOR HE WHO LACKETH THESE THINGS. This is one of two
instances in which the A. V. strangely mistranslates the Greek causal
particle ‘for' as ‘but.' The other is 1 Peter 4:15. In Romans 5:7...
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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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HE THAT LACKETH THESE THINGS
(ω μη παρεστιν ταυτα). "To whom (dative case of
possession) these things are not (μη because a general or indefinite
relative clause)."SEEING ONLY WHAT IS NEAR
(μυωπαζ...
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SINS
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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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...
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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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BUT WHOEVER. "The one who does not seize for himself and make an
integral part of his life these qualities and attitudes I have
mentioned, is purposely making himself blind to the truth of Christ,
and...
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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 1:9 The one who LACKS THESE QUALITIES (vv. 2
Peter 1:5) IS spiritually BLIND and has...
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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 John 1:7; 1 John 2:9; 1 Peter 3:21; 2 Corinthians 4:3; 2 Corint
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But [γ α ρ]. Wrong. Render as Rev., for.
He that lacketh these things [ω μ η π α ρ ε σ τ ι ν τ α
υ τ α]. Lit., to whom these things are not present. Note that a
different word is used here from that...
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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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But he that wanteth these — That does not add them to his faith. Is
blind — The eyes of his understanding are again closed. He cannot
see God, or his pardoning love. He has lost the evidence of things...