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Verse 15. _AND ACCOUNT_ THAT _THE LONG-SUFFERING OF OUR LORD_]
Conclude that God's long-suffering with the world is a proof that he
designs men to be saved; _even as our beloved brother Paul_. "This...
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AND ACCOUNT - that “the long-suffering of our Lord” is
“salvation.” Regard his delay in coming to judge the world, not as
an evidence that he never will come, but as a proof of his desire that
we shou...
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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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The epistle closes, as it had opened, with an exhortation to
godliness. The Gospel is not a cloke for licentiousness but a call to
righteousness. This, the author adds, was the burden of Paul's
teachi...
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THE PRINCIPLES OF PREACHING (2 Peter 3:1-2)...
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Regard the Lord's willingness to wait as an opportunity of salvation,
as indeed our beloved brother Paul has written to us, in the wisdom
which has been given to him, and as he says in all his letters...
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HATH WRITTEN. wrote. Some think this refers to the Epistle to the
Hebrews....
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_And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation_ The
words have a pointed reference to 2 Peter 3:9. Men were impatient, and
counted the "long-suffering of God" as tardiness in the fulfilm...
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ΚΑΘῺΣ ΚΑῚ Ὁ�. It has been usual to take καθὼς as
referring to the topic of the end of the world, and to suppose that
the Epistles to the Thessalonians are specially indicated. But others
(incl. Mayor)...
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ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΊΑ (G3115) долготерпение,
терпеливая выносливость (_см._ Galatians 5:22;
RAC, 9:254f).
ΉΓΕΪ́ΣΘΕ _praes. med. (dep.) imper. от_ ΉΓΈΟΜΑΙ
(G2233) считать, полагать, с двойным _асс._
Ό ΆΓΑΠΗΤΌΣ...
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AND ACCOUNT, THAT THE LONG-SUFFERING OF OUR LORD IS SALVATION;— They
were not to account the long extended patience of God as any sign of
an unreasonable _delay,_ or as implying any the least danger o...
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2 PETER 3:15 AND ACCOUNT THAT THE LONGSUFFERING OF OUR LORD IS
SALVATION; EVEN AS OUR BELOVED BROTHER PAUL ALSO, ACCORDING TO THE
WISDOM GIVEN HIM, WROTE UNTO YOU;
_Expanded Translation_
And, instead...
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And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as
our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him
hath written unto you; ACCOUNT THAT THE LONG-SUFFERING ... IS...
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VERSE 15. AND ACCOUNT THAT THE LONG-SUFFERING.
Consider that the delay in the coming of the Lord is his
long-suffering with the impenitent, giving them an extension of time
in which to secure their s...
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15 It is evident that Peter, great apostle though he was, could not
apprehend fully the ministry of Paul. He did see, however, that the
seeming delay in the setting up of the kingdom was being used by...
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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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HATH WRITTEN] RV 'wrote.' Such teaching is found in Romans and in the
Pastoral Epistles (Romans 2:4 cp. Acts 17:30; 1 Timothy 2:4), but the
letters referred to in this v. may not be preserved in our c...
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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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In verse 9, Peter had already said that the *Lord is patient. God
wants more people to trust Jesus. Peter said that Paul had also
written to them about this. ‘Brother’ means that Paul was a
Christian....
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THE LONGSUFFERING OF OUR LORD. — Again, as in 2 Peter 3:9, we are in
doubt as to whether God the Father or the Lord Jesus is meant. In
neither case is absolute certainty obtainable; but here the balan...
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CHAPTER 30
"BE YE STEADFAST, UNMOVABLE"
2 Peter 3:14
IN these solemn closing words the Apostle sums up his exhortations and
warnings. His admonition is of a twofold character. First, he urges
the br...
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_The ethical value of the Parousia expectation_. “Seeing then that
all these things are to be dissolved, how great an effect it ought to
exercise on our whole moral and religious life, as we look forw...
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καὶ τὴν τοῦ κυρίου … ἡγεῖσθε. _Cf._ 2
Peter 3:9. The Divine long-suffering is capable of interpretation as
“slackness,” or as opportunity for license instead of as
σωτηρίαν, an opportunity for repenta...
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“HOLY LIVING AND GODLINESS”
2 Peter 3:10
How quickly the great European convulsion broke upon the world in the
summer of 1914! Who expected such a sudden burst of the great storm!
We are evidently ne...
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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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THE PROMISE OF NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH
The new heavens and new earth promise is evidently from Isaiah 65:17;
Isaiah 66:22. Christians should know that when the old earth is
destroyed there will be...
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And account [that] the longsuffering of our Lord [is] salvation; (12)
even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given
unto him hath written unto you;
(12) Paul's epistles are allo...
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As also our most dear brother, Paul,...hath written to you. He seems
to mean in his epistle to the Hebrews or converted Jews, (Chap. x.
37.) where he says: yet a little while,...and he that is to come...
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"Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of
persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, (12)
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, whe...
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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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15._The long-suffering of our Lord. _He takes it as granted that
Christ defers the day of his coming, because he has a regard for our
salvation. He hence animates the faithful, because in a longer del...
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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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AND ACCOUNT [THAT] THE LONGSUFFERING OF OUR LORD,.... Not his
longsuffering towards the wicked, and his forbearance with them, for
that is not the means of, nor the way to, nor does it issue in, their...
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And account _that_ the longsuffering of our Lord _is_ salvation; even
as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto
him hath written unto you;
Ver. 15. _That the longsuffering,...
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_Wherefore, beloved_ Bearing these great truths in your minds, give up
your whole souls to their influence; and, _seeing that ye look for
such things_ Since you expect the coming of Christ to destroy...
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An admonition to steadfastness:...
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AND ACCOUNT THAT THE LONG-SUFFERING OF OUR LORD IS SALVATION, EVEN AS
OUR BELOVED BROTHER PAUL ALSO, ACCORDING TO THE WISDOM GIVEN UNTO HIM,
HATH WRITTEN UNTO YOU,...
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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 3:15 ‘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 B...
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11-18 From the doctrine of Christ's second coming, we are exhorted to
purity and godliness. This is the effect of real knowledge. Very exact
and universal holiness is enjoined, not resting in any low...
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AND ACCOUNT; reckon with yourselves, and be confidently persuaded; or
take for granted. THE LONGSUFFERING OF OUR LORD; viz. in his not yet
coming to judgment, and bearing with so much sin in the world...
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Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
These things, brethren, I write to you concerning righteousness, not
because I take anything upon myself, but because ye have invited me to
do so. For neither I...
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2 Peter 3:15 and G2532 consider G2233 (G5737) longsuffering G3115 our
G2257 Lord G2962 as G2531 also G2532 our...
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‘Even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom
given to him, wrote to you,'
The thought of the fullness of that salvation then turns his thoughts
to the outstanding descriptions of th...
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THE CHRISTIAN'S RESPONSE TO WHAT IS COMING (2 PETER 3:14)....
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‘Wherefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, give
diligence that you may be found in peace, without spot and blameless
in his sight, and account that the longsuffering of our Lord is
sa...
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The closing verses are devoted to the pressing of certain practical
injunctions, which are closely connected with the Christian view of
the end. These are given in a strain as tender as it is solemn a...
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2 Peter 3:15. AND ACCOUNT THE LONG-SUFFERING OF OUR LORD SALVATION. If
_Christ_ is referred to here, the passage becomes one of great
importance in relation to the doctrine of His Person, as it speaks...
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IN HIS SIGHT
(αυτω). Ethical dative. Referring to Christ.IS SALVATION
(σωτηριαν). Predicate accusative after ηγεισθε in
apposition with μακροθυμιαν (long-suffering), an
opportunity for repentance...
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SALVATION
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
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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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AS THE OPPORTUNITY, "Don't think of the Lord's delay in coming as
proof that he will not come at all!!! Instead, think of it as the
opportunity which he gives all to be saved!!!" See note on 2 Peter
3...
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_Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved._
IMMORTALITY AND SCIENCE
It is a singular fact that these words have far more probability of
truth than they had a generation ago. Then, the sta...
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 3:14 Concluding Encouragements. To obtain
their final reward, believers must live a godly life and resist the
immorality promoted by the false teachers (see...
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 3:15 The delay of Christ’s return should
be understood as his PATIENCE leading people to SALVATION (see v. 2
Pete
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— 2 Peter 3:14_
The Common Teaching of the Apostles.—St. Peter’s reference to St.
Paul brings the relations of these two men to mind. At one time they
were very strai...
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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 Corinthians 12:8; 1 Corinthians 2:13; 1 Kings 3:12; 1 Kings 3:28;...
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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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And account the longsuffering of the Lord salvation — Not only
designed to lead men to repentance, but actually conducing thereto: a
precious means of saving many more souls. As our beloved brother Pa...
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In these words St. Peter advises them to make an holy and wise
construction of the forbearance of God in his delaying to come to
judgment, not to think that God neglects them under sufferings, or is
w...