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Verse 17. _SEEING YE KNOW - BEFORE_] Seeing that by prophets and
apostles you have been thus forewarned, _beware_,
φυλασσεσθε, _keep_ _watch_, be on _your guard_; cleave to
God and the word of his gr...
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SEEING THAT YE KNOW THESE THINGS BEFORE - Being aware of this danger,
and knowing that such results may follow. People should read the Bible
with the feeling that it is possible that they may fall int...
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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)...
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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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As far as you are concerned. beloved, you have been forewarned. You
must, therefore, be on your guard not to be carried away by the error
of lawless men and so to fall from your own foundation; rather...
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THE PRINCIPLES OF PREACHING (2 Peter 3:1-2)...
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KNOW. BEFORE. Greek. _proginosko._ App-132.
BEWARE. be on your guard.
LEST. in order that (Greek. _hina)_ not (Greek. _me_, as in 2 Peter
3:8).
LED AWAY. Greek. _aunapagomai._ See Romans 12:16;...
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_beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked_
Better, OF THE LAWLESS ONES, as in chap. 2 Peter 2:7. It is noticeable
that while St Paul had used the word for being "led away" of B...
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ἈΘΈΣΜΩΝ, ΠΛΆΝΗΙ, 2 Peter 2:7; 2 Peter 2:18.
ΣΥΝΑΠΑΧΘΈΝΤΕΣ as Galatians 2:13, Βαρνάβας
συναπήχθη αὐτῶν τῇ ὑποκρίσει....
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ΠΡΟΓΙΝΏΣΚΟΝΤΕΣPRAES. _act. part. от_
ΠΡΟΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G4267) знать заранее, знать
наперед. Part, может быть причинным,
ΦΥΛΆΣΣΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΦΥΛΆΣΣΩ
(G5442) стеречь, наблюдать; _med._...
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DISCOURSE: 2429
GROWTH IN GRACE
2 Peter 3:17. _Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things
before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the
wicked, fall from your own steadfas...
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YE THEREFORE, BELOVED,— Beza observes, that St. Peter does not say
here, "Abstain from these obscure scriptures; choose out only certain
Chapter s; leave the rest either to the more learned, or the mo...
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2 PETER 3:17 YE THEREFORE, BELOVED, KNOWING THESE THINGS BEFOREHAND,
BEWARE LEST, BEING CARRIED AWAY WITH THE ERROR OF THE WICKED, YE FALL
FROM YOUR OWN STEDFASTNESS.
_Expanded Translation_
You there...
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Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware
lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from
your own stedfastness.
YE - warned by the case of those "unlea...
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VERSE 17. YE THEREFORE, BELOVED, SEEING YE KNOW.
Being forewarned, be on your guard, lest ye be seduced from your
steadfastness in the gospel by the errors of these teachers, and are
induced to give...
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15 It is evident that Peter, great apostle though he was, could not
apprehend fully the ministry of Paul. He did see, however, that the
seeming delay in the setting up of the kingdom was being used by...
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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 ....
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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 le...
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The Christians knew that false teachers would come. Therefore, the
Christians had to be careful. Otherwise, those wicked people would
tempt them away from the truth about Jesus. If the Christians did...
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KNOW THESE THINGS BEFORE. — Seeing that I have forewarned you of the
certain appearance, conduct, and success of these false teachers and
scoffers. “Forewarned, forearmed.”
BEING LED AWAY WITH. — The...
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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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This verse gathers up various thoughts that appear elsewhere in the
epistle. Προγινώσκοντες repeats ταῦτα
πρῶτον γινώσκοντες of 2 Peter 1:20; 2 Peter 3:1;
ἀθέσμων occurs 2 Peter 2:7; πλάνη...
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_Final exhortation_. “Having then, brethren, been forewarned, be on
your guard lest you fall from your own foundation, carried away by the
error of lawless men. Grow in the grace and knowledge of Our...
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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 ne...
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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 be...
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Being forewarned, therefore, and _knowing these things before, take
heed not to be led away by the errors of such false and unwise
teachers, whatever knowledge they boast of, as did the Gnostics. But...
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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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_FALLING AWAY_
‘Ye therefore, beloved … beware lest ye … fall from your own
stedfastness.’
2 Peter 3:17
That which the Apostles had to place before the readers of their
letters, all Christian teach...
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17._Ye, therefore, beloved. _After having shewn to the faithful the
dangers of which they were to beware, he now concludes by admonishing
them to be wise. But he shews that there was need of being wat...
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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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YE THEREFORE, BELOVED, SEEING YE KNOW [THESE THINGS] BEFORE,.... As
that there will be such mockers and scoffers in the last days, and
such unlearned and unstable men that will deprave the Scriptures,...
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Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know _these things_ before, beware
lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from
your own stedfastness.
Ver. 17. _Beware lest_] _Cavebis autem...
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_Therefore, seeing ye know these things before_ Respecting the coming
of the Lord to judgment, in what an awful manner the scene will close,
and what dreadful vengeance will be executed on all the wic...
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YE, THEREFORE, BELOVED, SEEING YE KNOW THESE THINGS BEFORE, BEWARE
LEST YE ALSO, BEING LED AWAY WITH THE ERROR OF THE WICKED, FALL FROM
YOUR OWN STEADFASTNESS....
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An admonition to steadfastness:...
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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 3:17 ‘You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be
on your guard lest, being carried away by the error of unprincipled
men, you fall from your own steadfastness,'_
‘YOU, THEREFORE, BE...
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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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SEEING YE KNOW THESE THINGS, which I have been now writing to you of,
viz. That the Judge will certainly come; or, that heretics, deceivers,
and scoffers will come; or both may be comprehended. BEWARE...
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2 Peter 3:17 You G5210 therefore G3767 beloved G27 beforehand G4267
(G5723) beware G5442 (G5732) lest G3363 fall...
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FINAL SUMMARY (2 PETER 3:17).
Peter now sums up what he has said, firstly with a warning and then
with an appeal. They are to beware lest they be carried away by false
teaching, and they are to grow...
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‘You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware (or
‘guard yourselves') lest, being carried away with the error of the
wicked (or ‘the lawless'), you fall from your own steadfastness....
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2 Peter 3:17. YE THEREFORE, BELOVED, KNOWING THESE THINGS BEFORE,
BEWARE LEST, CARRIED AWAY WITH THE ERROR OF THE LAWLESS, YE FALL FROM
YOUR OWN STEDFASTNESS. The epithet ‘lawless' (not merely ‘wicked...
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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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KNOWING THESE THINGS BEFOREHAND
(προγινωσκοντες). Present active participle of
προγινωσκω as in 1 Peter 1:20. Cf. πρωτον
γινωσκω (2 Peter 1:20; 2 Peter 3:1). Hence they are without
excuse for misund...
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2 Peter 3:1. _This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in
both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:_
The purest minds need stirring up at times. It would be a great pity...
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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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ALREADY KNOW THIS. "You already know all these things I have warned
you about. I just want to put you on your guard so that no false
teachers will be able to steal your promise away from you and make...
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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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_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 ho...
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1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Peter 5:9; 2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Corinthians
11:3;...
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Being led away [σ υ ν α π α χ θ ε ν τ ε ς]. Better, Rev.,
carried away. It is the word used by Paul of Barnabas, when he
dissembled with Peter at Antioch. "Barnabas was carried away with
their dissimu...
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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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Our apostle concludes his epistle with an exhortation to watch against
the errors and false doctrines of seducers, lest we, being led away
thereby, do fall from our own stedfastness in the faith of th...