2 Peter 3:1

CHAPTER III.

The apostle shows his design in writing this and the preceding

epistle, 1, 2.

Describes the nature of the heresies which should take place in

the last times, 3-8.

A thousand years with the Lord are but as a day, 9.

He will come and judge the world as he has promised, and the

heavens and the earth shall be burnt up, 10.

How those should live who expect these things, 11, 12.

Of the new heavens and the new earth, and the necessity of being

prepared for this great change, 13, 14.

Concerning some difficult things in St. Paul 's epistles,

15, 16.

We must watch against the error of the wicked, grow in grace,

and give all glory to God, 17, 18.

NOTES ON CHAP. III.

Verse 2 Peter 3:1. This second epistle] In order to guard them against the seductions of false teachers, he calls to their remembrance the doctrine of the ancient prophets, and the commands or instructions of the apostles, all founded on the same basis.

He possibly refers to the prophecies of Enoch, as mentioned by Jude, Jude 1:14; of David, Psalms 100, Psalms 1:1, c. and of Daniel, Daniel 12:2, relative to the coming of our Lord to judgment: and he brings in the instructions of the apostles of Christ, by which they were directed how to prepare to meet their God.