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Verse 12. _THE HEAVENS BEING ON FIRE_] 2 Peter 3:10. It was an ancient
opinion among the heathens that the earth should be burnt up with
fire; so OVID, _Met_., lib. i. v. 256.
_Esse quoque in fatis r...
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LOOKING FOR - Not knowing when this may occur, the mind should be in
that state which constitutes “expectation;” that is, a belief that
it will occur, and a condition of mind in which we would not be...
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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)
2...
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Moreover the Lord is not really slow to fulfil His promise; He does
not reckon time as men reckon. His seeming slowness is not the
manifestation of His impotence, but of His long-suffering love (_cf._...
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THE PRINCIPLES OF PREACHING (2 Peter 3:1-2)...
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LOOKING FOR. App-133. See Luke 3:15 (be in expectation).
HASTING UNTO. hastening. Greek. _speudo._ Elsewhere intransitive. Luke
19:5.Acts 22:18. &c. Man can neither hinder nor advance the kingdom of...
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_looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God_ The
English versions follow the Vulgate and Luther in this rendering. It
is doubtful, however, whether the Greek verb for "hasten," followed...
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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 Resurrecti...
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ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΏΝΤΑΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΈΩ
(G4328) ждать с нетерпением, смотреть
вперед,
ΣΠΕΎΔΟΝΤΑΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΣΠΕΎΔΩ (G4692)
ускорять, убыстрять, желать,
стремиться к (Mayor; Kelly; B...
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DISCOURSE: 2428
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
2 Peter 3:10. _The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the
elements shall melt with...
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2 PETER 3:11-12 SEEING THAT THESE THINGS ARE THUS ALL TO BE DISSOLVED,
WHAT MANNER OF PERSONS OUGHT YE TO BE IN ALL HOLY LIVING AND
GODLINESS, LOOKING FOR AND EARNESTLY DESIRING THE COMING OF THE DAY...
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Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein
the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat?
HASTING UNTO - with the utmost eagerne...
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VERSE 12. LOOKING FOR AND HASTING.
We should act here as if we were expecting and earnestly desiring the
coming of that day appointed of God for the burning up of the heavens
and the earth, when the...
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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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3:12 [the] (h-25) The absence of the article is poetic here, 'because
of which inflamed heavens shall be dissolved, and burning elements
shall melt.'...
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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 let...
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HASTING UNTO. — There is no “unto” in the Greek. The margin is
probably right, _hasting the coming_ — _i.e.,_ hastening Christ’s
coming by holy lives, by helping to make the Gospel known to all
nation...
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CHAPTER 29
"WHAT MANNER OF PERSONS OUGHT YE TO BE?"
2 Peter 3:10
THE Apostle, ever earnest to put the brethren in mind of the things
they had heard or read, never fails to follow his own precept. Hi...
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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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“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 n...
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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 "DAY OF THE LORD"
There are numerous references to the "day of the Lord" in the New
Testament (1 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Peter 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2
Thessalonians 2:2). When coupled with Peter's...
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Looking for and (e) hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein
the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat?
(e) He requires patience from us, y...
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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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_HASTING THE DAY_
‘Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein
the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat.’
2 Peter 3:12
What...
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12_Looking for and hasting unto, _or, _waiting for by hastening_; so I
render the words, though they are two participles; for what we had
before separately he gathers now into one sentence, that is, t...
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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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LOOKING FOR AND HASTING UNTO THE COMING OF THE DAY OF GOD,.... The
same with the day of the Lord, 2 Peter 3:10, and so the Vulgate Latin
and Arabic versions here read; and it intends the day of Christ...
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Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the
heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat?
Ver. 12. _Looking for_] As Sisera's mot...
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_Seeing then that all these things_ Which our eyes behold; _shall be
dissolved_ And we shall be spectators of their dissolution, being
raised from the dead before, or at the time of, its taking place;...
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HASTING UNTO; preparing for and earnestly desiring the salvation which
will be given to God's people....
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The attitude of the Christians:...
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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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HASTING UNTO THE COMING:
Or, hasting the coming...
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_ 2 Peter 3:12 ‘looking for and hastening the coming of the day of
God, on account of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and
the elements will melt with intense heat!'_
‘LOOKING FOR' -Pr...
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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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LOOKING FOR; patiently waiting for, and expecting. AND HASTING UNTO;
by fervent desire of it, and diligent preparation for it. THE COMING
OF THE DAY OF GOD; the day of the Lord, 2 PETER 3:10....
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Dubious Hippolytus Fragments
For the river of fire shall come forth in fury like an angry sea, and
shall burn up mountains and hills, and shall make the sea vanish, and
shall dissolve the atmosphere...
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2 Peter 3:12 for G4328 (G5723) and G2532 hastening G4692 (G5723)
coming G3952 day G2250 God G2316 which G1223 G3739 heavens G3772
dissolved G3089 (G5701) fire G4448 (G5746) and G2532 elements G4747
me...
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THE REASON FOR DELAY AND THE FINAL FULFILMENT (2 PETER 3:8)....
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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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LOOKING FOR
(προσδοκωντας). Present active participle of
προσδοκαω (Matthew 11:3) agreeing in case (accusative plural)
with υμας.EARNESTLY DESIRING
(σπευδοντας). Present active participle, accusat...
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2 Peter 3:12
From the Bibles that have marginal readings, it will appear that these
words admit of a different construction: "Looking for and _hasting the
coming_of the day of God." As I understand t...
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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 YOU WAIT. See Philippians 3:20 and note. TO MAKE IT COME SOON.
Compare note on 1 Corinthians 16:22. This is John's _last-hour
situation_ (1 John 2:18 and note). Christians are to have a sense of
_u...
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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 3:1 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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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
2 Peter 3:8. ONE DAY, etc.—The time-element gave opportunity to the
scoffers. The time-measures of God must not be thought of as like
those of men. It is to misreprese...
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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 h...
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1 Corinthians 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Peter 3:10; Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah
34:4; Isaiah 64:1; Jude 1:21; Micah 1:4; Philippians 1:6; Psalms 50:3;
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Looking for [π ρ ο σ δ ο κ ω ν τ α ς]. The same verb as in
Luke 1:21, of waiting for Zacharias. Cornelius waited (Acts 10:24);
the cripple expecting to receive something (Acts 3:5).
Hasting unto [σ π...
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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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Hastening on — As it were by your earnest desires and fervent
prayers. The coming of the day of God — Many myriads of days he
grants to men: one, the last, is the day of God himself....
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Having exhorted persons by holiness to prepare for Christ's coming to
judgment in the foregoing vcerse, he now directs them to expect and
look for it, to desire and long after it, LOOKING FOR AND HAST...