2 PETER 3:1 F. In this, as in his former letter, he is only reminding them of the OT prophecies and of the teaching of the apostles the twofold witness to which he had appealed in ch. 1. 2 PETER 3:1. THE SECOND EPISTLE: the author again claims identity with Peter, and refers to 1 P.; what he here s... [ Continue Reading ]
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, partly, on the non-fulfilment of the primitive hope of the immediacy of the Parousia, and partly on a... [ Continue Reading ]
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._ 2 Peter 3:15). His purpose is that time for repentance should be given to all; when the end comes i... [ Continue Reading ]
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 teaching in all his letters, though his words had been misunderstood by the ignorant and distorted by the... [ Continue Reading ]