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Verse 14. _SEEING THAT YE LOOK FOR SUCH THINGS_] As ye profess that
such a state of things shall take place, and have the expectation of
enjoying the blessedness of it, _be diligent_ in the use of eve...
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WHEREFORE, BELOVED, SEEING THAT YE LOOK FOR SUCH THINGS, BE DILIGENT -
That is, in securing your salvation. The effect of such hopes and
prospects should be to lead us to an earnest inquiry whether we...
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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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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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SUCH. these.
BE DILIGENT. See 2 Peter 1:10.
OF Dative case. No preposition.
WITHOUT SPOT. See 1 Timothy 6:14. blameless. Greek. _amometos._ See
Philippians 1:2; Philippians 1:15....
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_be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace_ The language, like
that of 2 Peter 3:8, is that of one who still lives in the expectation
that he and those to whom he writes may yet survive to witn...
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Cf. Jude 1:24 στῆσαι κατενώπιον τῆς δόξης
αὐτοῦ�. The use of εὐρεθῆναι is rather like that
in Philippians 3:9 “that I may be found in Him, not having my own
righteousness,” etc....
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ΤΑΎΤΑ (G3778) (_см._ 2 Peter 1:8); "эти вещи"; то
есть заново сотворенные небо и земля,
на которых будет преобладать воля
Бога (Kelly),
ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΏΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΈΩ
(G4328) ждать с н...
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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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IN PEACE, WITHOUT SPOT, AND BLAMELESS— By the words _in peace,_ some
understand that they should be at peace with their own consciences;
others, that the Christians should be at peace with one another...
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2 PETER 3:14 WHEREFORE, BELOVED, SEEING THAT YE LOOK FOR THESE THINGS,
GIVE DILIGENCE THAT YE MAY BE FOUND IN PEACE, WITHOUT SPOT AND
BLAMELESS IN HIS SIGHT.
_Expanded Translation_
Wherefore (in con...
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Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent
that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
THAT YE MAY BE FOUND OF HIM, [ autoo (G846)] - 'in His sight'...
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VERSE 14. WHEREFORE, BELOVED, SEEING.
Since we look for this new heaven and new earth at the coming of
Christ, brethren, earnestly endeavor make great exertions to be found
by the Master when he come...
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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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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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BE FOUND OF HIM IN PEACE, WITHOUT SPOT, AND BLAMELESS. — Rather, _Be
found spotless and blameless in His sight. “_Be found of Him,”
_i.e., “_by Him” (comp. 2 Peter 2:19), cannot stand; the
constructio...
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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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“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 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 b...
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Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent
that ye may be found of him in (g) peace, without spot, and blameless.
(g) that you may try to your benefit, how gently and profit...
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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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14._Wherefore. _He justly reasons from hope to its effect, or the
practice of a godly life; for hope is living and efficacious;
therefore it cannot be but that it will attract us to itself. He,
then,...
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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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WHEREFORE, BELOVED, SEEING YE LOOK FOR THESE THINGS,.... For the
burning of the heavens and the earth, for the coming of Christ, and
for the new heavens and new earth,
BE DILIGENT THAT YE MAY BE FOUN...
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Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent
that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Ver. 14. _That ye may be found of him_] Watching, working, well...
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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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The "new heavens and the new earth" promised by God, is that state of
perfect holiness and bliss into which, after the Judgment, God will
receive his people; and for which the highest holiness and bli...
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WHEREFORE, BELOVED, SEEING THAT YE LOOK FOR SUCH THINGS, BE DILIGENT
THAT YE MAY BE FOUND OF HIM IN PEACE, WITHOUT SPOT, AND BLAMELESS....
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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 3:14 ‘Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things,
be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,'_
‘THEREFORE, BELOVED' -Peter is saying, in view of all these
‘fa...
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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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SUCH THINGS; Christ's coming to judgment; the destruction of this
world; a new heaven and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness. OF
HIM; Christ the Judge. IN PEACE; at peace with God, from whence...
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2 Peter 3:14 Therefore G1352 beloved G27 forward G4328 (G5723) things
G5023 diligent G4704 (G5657) found G2147 (G5683) Him G846 in G1722
peace G1515 spot G784 and G2532 blameless G298
seeing - Php_3:...
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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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WHEREFORE
(διο). As in 2 Peter 1:10; 2 Peter 1:12.GIVE DILIGENCE
(σπουδασατε). As in 2 Peter 1:10.THAT YE MAY BE FOUND
(ευρεθηνα). First aorist passive infinitive (cf.
ευρεθησετα in verse 2 Pet...
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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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AND SO, MY FRIENDS. "Since we expect this whole world-system to be
destroyed, we must each do our best to be pure and faultless in God's
sight and to be at peace with him. We must firmly hold to _God'...
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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 2 Peter 1:5).
⇐ ⇔...
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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 h...
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1 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 John 3:3; 1 Thessalonians
3:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Peter 1:5; Hebrews 9:28; Luke 12:43;
Luke 2:29;...
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Without spot and blameless. See on ch. 2 Peter 2:13....
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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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Labour that whenever he cometh ye may be found in peace — May meet
him without terror, being sprinkled with his blood, and sanctified by
his Spirit, so as to be without spot and blameless. Isaiah 65:1...