Vincent's Word Studies in the NT

2 Peter 1:12

I will not be negligent. The A. V. follows the reading oujk ajmelhsw, which it renders correctly. The better reading, however, is mellhsw, I intend, or, as often in classical Greek, with a sense of certainty - I shall be sure, which Rev. adopts, rendering I shall be ready. The formula occurs in but one other passage, Matthew 24:6, where it is translated by the simple future, ye shall hear, with an implied sense, as ye surely will hear. Ye know [ε ι δ ο τ α ς]. Lit., knowing. Compare 1 Peter 1:18.

Established [ε σ τ η ρ ι γ μ ε ν ο υ ς]. See on 1 Peter 5:10. Perhaps the exhortation, "strengthen thy brethren," may account for his repeated used of this word and its derivatives. Thus, unstable [α σ τ η ρ ι κ τ ο ι]; steadfastness [σ τ η ρ ι γ μ ο υ], 2 Peter 3:16; 2 Peter 3:17.

In the present truth [ε ν τ η π α ρ ο υ σ η α λ η θ ε ι α]. i e., the truth which is present with you through the instruction of your teachers; not the truth at present under consideration. See on ver. 9; and compare the same phrase in Colossians 1:6, rendered, is come unto you.

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2 Peter 1:12

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