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Verse 7. _BUT THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, WHICH ARE NOW_] The present
earth and its atmosphere, which are liable to the same destruction,
because the same _means_ still exist, (for there is still _wat...
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BUT THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WHICH ARE NOW - As they now exist. There
is no difficulty here respecting what is meant by the word
“earth,” but it is not so easy to determine precisely how much is
incl...
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III. THE FUTURE OF THE EARTH AND THE CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. Mocking at the Lord's coming (2 Peter 3:1)_
2. The future of the earth (2 Peter 3:8)
3. EXHORTATION AND CONCLUSION (2 PETER 3:11)...
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A further characteristic of the false teachers was the denial of the
Second Advent (their coming is again spoken of as in the future; _cf._
2 Peter 2:1 and 2 Peter 3:17). Their scepticism is based, pa...
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THE PRINCIPLES OF PREACHING (2 Peter 3:1-2)...
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KEPT IN STORE. treasured up.
UNTO. for.
AGAINST. unto. App-104.
THE. a. judgment. App-177.
PERDITION. See John 17:12.
UNGODLY. See 1 Peter 4:18.
MEN. App-123....
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_but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word_ Some
of the better MSS. give BY HIS WORD, but the received reading rests on
sufficient authority.
_are kept in store, reserved unto fir...
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NOTE ON THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD BY FIRE
The passage 2 Peter 3:5-13 is the only one in the New Testament which
speaks of the destruction of the world by fire. The coming of Christ,
the Resurrectio...
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ΟἹ ΔῈ ΝΥ͂Ν ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΟΊ. He seems to speak of the Flood
as if it had destroyed heaven and earth (in the Book of Enoch
hyperbolical language of that kind is used of the Flood lxxxiii. 3, in
a vision “the h...
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DISCOURSE: 2426
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
2 Peter 3:7. _The day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men_.
A FUTURE state of rewards and punishments is, in theory, universally
acknowledged; but, in practic...
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BUT THE HEAVENS, &C.— Not only the ancient Jews, but the Stoics, and
other philosophers among the Heathens, held that the world was to be
destroyed by fire. It was also intimated by some, both of the...
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2 PETER 3:7 BUT THE HEAVENS THAT NOW ARE, AND THE EARTH, BY THE SAME
WORD HAVE BEEN STORED UP FOR FIRE, BEING RESERVED AGAINST THE DAY OF
JUDGMENT AND DESTRUCTION OF UNGODLY MEN.
_Expanded Translatio...
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But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are
kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and
perdition of ungodly men.
(Compare , end.)
WHICH ARE NOW - `the...
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VERSE 7. BUT THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WHICH ARE NOW.
The world as it has existed since the flood by the word of the living
God the same Word which destroyed the old world is now kept reserved
for de...
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1 It is the special function of the Circumcision epistles to reaffirm
and enforce the ancient prophetc Scriptures and the words of our Lord
before His death and ascension. This is notably lacking in P...
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3:7 present (e-3) Lit. 'the now heavens,' in contrast to the 'then
world,' ver. 6....
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ANTIDOTE AGAINST DESPISING THE DAY OF THE LORD. EXHORTATION. DOXOLOGY
2 Peter 3 may be subdivided into three parts: (_a_) 2 Peter 3:1. 'This
Second Epistle is a reminder of what prophets and apostles...
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JESUS WILL RETURN
PETER’S SECOND LETTER
_HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 3
JESUS WILL RETURN AND GOD’S JUDGEMENT WILL HAPPEN
V1 Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. Both le...
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BY THE SAME WORD. — Or, as some first-rate authorities read, _by His
word._ The sense in either case is that the universe is preserved for
judgment by the same power that created it. “His word” here d...
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CHAPTER 27
JUDGMENT TO COME
2 Peter 3:5
"THE world lasts on" (διαμενει) "through all time," say the
scoffers, "just as it was at the Creation. There has been no change;
there will be none." But out...
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_The first part of the argument against the scoffers_. “It is not
true that the course of the world is unchanging. They have wilfully
forgotten that the heavens existed originally, and the earth was
f...
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πυρὶ τηρούμενοι. According to the Jewish conception of
the rainbow promise, water would not again be the destructive agency.
The heaven and the earth are reserved for destruction by fire.
τεθησαυρισμέ...
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LONGSUFFERING DELAY
2 Peter 3:1
Peter does not hesitate to place the commandments of himself and the
other Apostles of Jesus on a level with the words _which were spoken
before by the holy prophets_,...
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False teaching which denies the power of Christ issues in false
thinking which denies the Coming of Christ. There will be mockers who
will walk in lust and make sport of the great hope of the Church,...
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ANSWERING THE SCOFFERS
The scoffers had ignored the creation. It was a perfect proof that
things had not always been the same. Instead, God had spoken and the
waters were separated to that above and b...
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(6) But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are
kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and
perdition of ungodly men.
(6) Thirdly, he pronounces that it w...
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"This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I
stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: (2) That ye may be
mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophet...
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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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7._But the heavens and the earth which are now. _He does not infer
this as the consequence; for his purpose was no other than to
dissipate the craftiness of scoffers respecting the perpetual state of...
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In the last Chapter, as we have said, it is materialism: trust in the
stability of that which can be seen, in contrast with trust in the
word of God which teaches us to look for the coming of Jesus, t...
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BUT THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WHICH ARE NOW,.... In being, in
distinction from, and opposition to the heavens that were of old, and
the earth standing in and out of the water, and the world that then...
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But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are
kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and
perdition of ungodly men.
Ver. 7. _Reserved unto fire_] The old wo...
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_But_ Though the destruction of the old world by water shows that the
present world may be destroyed, I do not say it will be destroyed by
water. No: _the heavens and the earth, which are now_ This wh...
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THE SAME WORD; that command or power of God by which the world was
created. Verse 2 Peter 3:5; GENESIS 1:1-10. The same power of God
which created the world keeps it in being, and will keep it till th...
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The answer of St. Peter, showing the certainty of the Lord's return:...
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BUT THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WHICH ARE NOW BY THE SAME WORD ARE KEPT
IN STORE, RESERVED UNTO FIRE AGAINST THE DAY OF JUDGMENT AND PERDITION
OF UNGODLY MEN....
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This chapter now shows that the government of God will bring
everything to a proper conclusion: every evil principle will be judged
unsparingly, and those also who embrace such evil; and out of this
j...
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_ 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 contr...
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5-10 Had these scoffers considered the dreadful vengeance with which
God swept away a whole world of ungodly men at once, surely they would
not have scoffed at his threatening an equally terrible jud...
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THE HEAVENS; the ethereal, or starry heaven, as well as aerial; for, 2
PETER 3:10,12, he distinguisheth the heavens that are to perish by
fire, from the elements; and 2 PETER 3:13, he opposeth a new h...
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Justin on the Sole Government of God
Then further concerning Him, that He alone is powerful, both to
institute judgment on the deeds performed in life, and on the
ignorance of the Deity [displayed by...
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2 Peter 3:7 But G1161 heavens G3772 and G2532 earth G1093 now G3568
preserved G2343 (G5772) same G846 word...
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‘But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have
been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment
and destruction of ungodly men.'
And he wants all to realise tha...
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2 Peter 3:7. BUT THE HEAVENS WHICH NOW ARE AND THE EARTH BY THE SAME
WORD HAVE BEEN STORED UP FOR FIRE, BEING RESERVED UNTO THE DAY OF
JUDGMENT AND DESTRUCTION OF THE UNGODLY MEN. The ‘which now are'...
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It has been supposed by some that the opening words of this third
chapter indicate the beginning of a new Epistle. What we have,
however, is only the beginning of a new division of the same Epistle.
T...
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THAT NOW ARE
(νυν). "The now heavens" over against "the then world" (ο τοτε
κοσμος verse 2 Peter 3:6).BY THE SAME WORD
(τω αυτω λογω). Instrumental case again referring to
λογω in verse 2 Peter 3...
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2 Peter 3:1. _This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in
both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:_
The purest minds need stirring up at times. It would be a great pity...
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2 Peter 3:1. _This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in
both which I stir up pour pure minds by way of remembrance: that ye
may be mindful of the words which. were spoken before by the ho...
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CONTENTS: Return of the Lord and the Day of Jehovah. Christ's return
to be generally denied.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Peter.
CONCLUSION: The general denial that will be made in the last days of
the...
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Grotius, with his usual tartness, contends that this is the beginning
of a new epistle by Simon, but not Simon Peter. But if so, why did
Peter leave the words at the end of the second chapter unclosed...
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THAT NOW EXIST. "But though the destruction of the old world shows
that the present world is capable of being destroyed, I do not say
that it will be again destroyed by water. The same word of God who...
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_This they willingly are ignorant of._
WILLING IGNORANCE
Nelson, at St. Vincent, putting the telescope to his blind eye, and
swearing that he could not see the signal to cease firing, affords an
apt...
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 3:7 STORED UP FOR FIRE. The day of judgment
is coming for scoffers.
⇐...
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 3:1 The Day of the Lord Will Surely Come.
Peter turns his attention to explaining the Lord’s promised return.
Apparently he is responding to a disagreement in the church concer...
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THE UNFULFILLED PROMISE OF THE COMING
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
THE apostle now deals with those who made the delay of the Lord’s
coming, and the disappointment consequently felt by many Christ...
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EXPOSITION
2 PETER 3:1
THIS SECOND EPISTLE, BELOVED, I NOW WRITE UNTO YOU; literally, _this
Epistle already a second one I write unto you. _The ἤδη
("already") implies that the interval between th...
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Now Peter said this second epistle,
Beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds
by way of remembrance: That ye may be mindful of the words which were
spoken before by the ho...
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1 John 4:17; 1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 3:10; 2 Thessaloni
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The heavens - which now are [ο ι ν υ ν ο υ ρ α ν ο ι]. A
construction similar to the then world (ver. 6). The now heavens, or
the present heavens. Kept in store [τ ε θ η σ α υ ρ ι σ μ
ε ν ο ι]. Rev.,...
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INEXCUSABLE IGNORANCE
2 Peter 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We like the way this chapter opens. The Apostle says, "This Second
Epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your
pure min...
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But the heavens and the earth, that are now — Since the flood. Are
reserved unto fire at the day wherein God will judge the world, and
punish the ungodly with everlasting destruction....
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Does perdition mean the unsaved will be annihilated?
(See comments on 2 Thessalonians 1:9)...