2 Peter 3 - Introduction
1:2 knowledge (i-10) _ Epignosis_ , 'full knowledge,' 'personal recognition,' as Colossians 1:9 .... [ Continue Reading ]
1:2 knowledge (i-10) _ Epignosis_ , 'full knowledge,' 'personal recognition,' as Colossians 1:9 .... [ Continue Reading ]
3:4 thus (d-21) Or 'as they were.' For this rendering as the practical sense, see 'as he was,' John 4:6 . The force is the present state. as that they have continued.... [ Continue Reading ]
3:7 present (e-3) Lit. 'the now heavens,' in contrast to the 'then world,' ver. 6.... [ Continue Reading ]
3:9 willing (f-19) 'Purposing,' as James 1:18 .... [ Continue Reading ]
3:11 conversation (g-16) godliness, (g-18) Conversation (manner of life) and godliness are both plural in Greek.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.'... [ Continue Reading ]
3:17 knowing (a-4) _ Ginosko_ , as ver. 3; ch. 1.20. It is _ oida_ in ch. 1.12,14; 2.9. see 1 Corinthians 8:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]