THAT YE MAY BE MINDFUL OF THE WORDS - Of the doctrines, the truths; the prophetic statements. Jude Jude 1:18 says that it had been foretold by the apostles, that in the last days there would be scoffe...
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 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....
Beloved, this is now the second letter that I have written to you, and my object in both of them is to rouse by reminder your pure mind to remember the words spoken by the prophets in former times, an...
THE PRINCIPLES OF PREACHING (2 Peter 3:1-2)...
THAT YE MAY. To. BE MINDFUL. See 2 Timothy 1:4. WORDS. Greek. _rhema._ See Mark 9:32. BY. App-104. PROPHETS. App-189. US THE. The texts read "your". APOSTLES. App-189. LORD. App-98....
_the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets_ The conjunction of "prophets" and "apostles" here is so entirely after the pattern of the like combination in Ephesians 2:20; Ephesians 3:5; E...
ΜΝΗΣΘΗ͂ΝΑΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. He is specially anxious to hold his readers fast to their first beliefs in view of the new false teaching. ἉΓΊΩΝ ΠΡΟΦΗΤΩ͂Ν as in the _Benedictus_, Luke 1:70. ΚΑῚ ΤΗ͂Σ ΤΩ͂Ν�. ΚΥΡ. Κ...
ΜΝΗΣΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. pass. inf. от_ ΜΙΜΝΉΣΚΟΜΑΙ (G3403) напоминать. _Inf._ выражает цель, в данном случае цель написания послания. Инфинитив также может быть эпэкз., объясняющим гл. ΔΙΕΓΕΊΡΩ (Mayor), ΠΡΟΕ...
THAT YE MAY BE MINDFUL, &C.— This is an allusion to what he had said ch. 2 Peter 1:12 where he had alleged the authority both of the prophets and apostles. By the _prophets_ are meant the Old Testamen...
IV. THE CHRISTIAN'S HOPE, 2 PETER 3:1-18 _1__._ _CHRIST'S SECOND COMING AND THE END OF THE WORLD, 3:1-13_ CHAPTER III 2 Peter 3:1-2 This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; an...
That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: PROPHETS - of the Old Tenement. OF US. Vulgat...
VERSE 2. THAT YE MAY BE MINDFUL. One object in writing to them was that they might ever keep before their minds the words of the holy prophets and the imperative injunctions given by those that were...
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...
US THE APOSTLES OF THE LORD AND SAVIOUR] RV 'of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles.' Prophets of old and Apostles now have alike uttered the commandment of Christ: cp. 1 Peter 1:11....
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...
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...
Peter wanted the Christians to remember God’s true words (1:15). God’s words would keep their minds pure. Then the Christians would not believe the false teachers. The *prophets in the *Old Testament...
III. (1, 2) Just as the two halves of the first main portion of the Epistle are linked together by some personal remarks respecting his reason for writing this Epistle (2 Peter 1:12), so the two pred...
BY THE HOLY PROPHETS. — Appealed to before in 2 Peter 1:19. (Comp. Jude 1:17.) The coherence of the Epistle as a whole comes out strongly in this last chapter: 2 Peter 3:1 recalls...
CHAPTER 26 AS WERE THE DAYS OF NOAH 2 Peter 3:1 IN the previous chapter the Apostle showed how the renegade false teachers had published among the brethren their seductive doctrine declaring that Go...
_Prophets and apostles have warned us that delay will lead to denial of the Second Advent_. “I am now writing my second letter to you. In both I seek to rouse you to honest reflection on the words for...
Borrowed from Jude 1:17. μνησθῆναι : epexegetical infinitive. See grammatical note. καὶ τῆς τῶν ἀποστόλων, κ. τ. λ. Double possessive genitive “of the Lord's command delivered by your apostles”. Chase...
LONGSUFFERING DELAY 2 Peter 3:1 Peter does not hesitate to place the commandments of himself and the other Apostles of Jesus on a level with the words _which were spoken before by the holy prophets_,...
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,...
WORDS TO TRUST In chapter 2, Peter dealt with the false teachers and the terrible judgment they faced. His transition to speaking to the brethren is made by use of the word "beloved." Both 1 and 2 Pet...
"This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: (2) That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophet...
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...
2._That ye may be mindful. _By these words he intimates that we have enough in the writings of the prophets, and in the gospel, to stir us up, provided we be as diligent as it behoves us, in meditatin...
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...
THAT YE MAY BE MINDFUL,.... This is an explanation of the above mentioned end of his writing this and the other epistle; which was, that those saints might be mindful of two things more especially: O...
That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: Ver. 2. _Mindful of the words_] _See Trapp on "_...
The doctrines and precepts delivered by the prophets and apostles, being the most effectual means of preserving the Christian converts from being seduced by the false teachers spoken of in the precedi...
Ministers of the gospel should labor not only to communicate a knowledge of its truths, but to lead all so to remember them as to act habitually under their influence....
THAT YE MAY BE MINDFUL OF THE WORDS WHICH WERE SPOKEN BEFORE BY THE HOLY PROPHETS, AND OF THE COMMANDMENT OF US, THE APOSTLES OF THE LORD AND SAVIOR;...
THE CERTAIN COMING OF CHRIST AND ITS LESSONS. A warning against scoffers:...
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...
_ 2 Peter 3:2 ‘that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.'_ ‘THAT YOU SHOULD REMEMBER' -Indicating th...
1-4 The purified minds of Christians are to be stirred up, that they may be active and lively in the work of holiness. There will be scoffers in the last days, under the gospel, men who make light of...
THE WORDS WHICH WERE SPOKEN BEFORE BY THE HOLY PROPHETS; the _word of prophecy,_ 2 PETER 1:19: he joins the prophets and apostles together, as concurring in their doctrine, and so useth it as an argum...
2 Peter 3:2 mindful G3415 (G5683) words G4487 before G4280 (G5772) by G5259 holy G40 prophets G4396 and...
THE CALL TO THEM TO REMEMBER WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT (2 PETER 3:1). He calls to their minds his own previous letter. Later in the chapter he will also call to their mind the letters of Paul. He cle...
2 Peter 3:2. in order THAT YE MAY REMEMBER THE WORDS SPOKEN BEFORE BY THE HOLY PROPHETS. The importance of the testimony of prophecy (obviously here O. T. prophecy, and specially those sections of it...
It has been supposed by some that the opening words of this third chapter indicate the beginning of a new Epistle. What we have, however, is only the beginning of a new division of the same Epistle. T...
THAT YE SHOULD REMEMBER (μνησθηνα). First aorist passive (deponent) infinitive of μιμνησκω, to remind. Purpose (indirect command) is here expressed by this infinitive. Imperative in Judges 1:17.SPO...
SAVIOUR (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
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...
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...
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...
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...
TO REMEMBER THE WORDS. The things spoken by the Old Testament prophets. See note on 2 Peter 1:19. The Old Testament prophets predicted the coming of Christ in Judgment (_compare_ Jude 1:14). AND THE C...
_This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you._ ST. PETER’S LOVE TOKEN I. The nature of it--a letter written. What shall we render to the Lord for His mercy in writing these blessed covenants?...
THE UNFULFILLED PROMISE OF THE COMING _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE apostle now deals with those who made the delay of the Lord’s coming, and the disappointment consequently felt by many Christ...
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...
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...
1 John 4:6; 1 Peter 1:10; 2 Peter 1:19; 2 Peter 2:21; 2 Peter 3:15;...
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...
Be the more mindful thereof, because ye know scoffers will come first — Before the Lord comes. Walking after their own evil desires — Here is the origin of the error, the root of libertinism. Do we no...