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2 PETER 3:18 @avmh,n)# {C}
On the one hand, the external testimony supporting the presence of
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and weight, including î72 a A C 33 81...
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Verse 2 Peter 3:18. _BUT GROW IN GRACE_] Increase in the image and
favour of God; every grace and Divine influence which ye have received
is a seed, a heavenly seed, which, if it be watered with the...
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BUT GROW IN GRACE - Compare Colossians 1:10. Religion in general is
often represented as “grace,” since every part of it is the result
of grace, or of unmerited favor; and to “grow in grace” is to
inc...
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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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THE PRINCIPLES OF PREACHING (2 Peter 3:1-2)...
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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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GRACE. App-184.
KNOWLEDGE. App-132.
JESUS CHRIST. App-98.
GLORY. See p. 1511.
FOR EVER. App-151....
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_But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ_ The final thought of the Epistle, like that with which it
opened, is the growth of the Christian life. Here, as there (ch...
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ΑΥ̓ΞΆΝΕΤΕ ἘΝ ΧΆΡΙΤΙ, cf. 2 Peter 1:8
πλεονάζοντα. αὐξάνω is oftener than not intransitive
in N.T. but in classical Greek transitive, and so in 1 Corinthians 3:6
(ὁ θεὸς ηὔξανεν).
ΕἸΣ ἩΜΈΡΑΝ ΑἸΩ͂ΝΟΣ. A...
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ΑΎΞΆΝΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΑΎΞΆΝΩ (G88)
расти, продвигаться,
ΈΝ в. Предлог может обозначать область
роста или его средство,
ΓΝΏΣΕΙ _dat. sing. от_ ΓΝΏΣΙΣ (G1108) знание,
ΤΟΎ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ (G2962) Го...
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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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BUT GROW IN GRACE, AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE, &C.— "But to help you
against all declensions and revolts, let it be your earnest prayer and
endeavour, in the use of all proper means, to be progressive in da...
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2 PETER 3:18 BUT GROW IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND
SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. TO HIM BE THE GLORY BOTH NOW AND FOREVER. AMEN.
_Expanded Translation_
But rather than falling from your own ste...
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But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
GROW - not only do not "fall from" (2 Peter 3:17), but grow onward:
the secret of not going backward (Ephesians 4:15).
(THE) GRA...
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VERSE 18. BUT GROW IN GRACE.
In place of apostatizing, or becoming unstable, grow in stature as
Christians, and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ and his
doctrine, daily. The growth in grace...
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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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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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GROW IN GRACE, AND _IN_ THE KNOWLEDGE OF] RV 'grow in the grace and
knowledge of.' Grace is the gift of, as knowledge is directed towards,
Christ. 'Grow' sums up in one word the admonitions of 1 and 2...
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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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False teachers are a problem. The only answer to this problem is that
Christians should become stronger Christians. They must understand how
much God loves them. Also, they must grow in their relation...
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BUT GROW IN GRACE, AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD. — Or, _But grow
in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord_ — _i.e.,_ it may mean
“the grace of our Lord” as well as “the knowledge of our
Lord....
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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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_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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ἐν χάριτι καὶ γνώσει τοῦ Κυρίου, κ. τ.
λ. The genitive is to be taken with both words. γνῶσις here
means “spiritual instruction,” a knowledge that has its source in
Christ Himself, as distinct from ἐπ...
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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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"But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen."
Reader! What is it to grow in grace? Grace is an humbling principle.
And wha...
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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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_GROWTH IN GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE_
‘But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ.’
2 Peter 3:18
The Christian life, like the Christian faith from which it springs,
is a...
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18._But grow in grace. _He also exhorts us to make progress; for it is
the only way of persevering, to make continual advances, and not to
stand still in the middle of our journey; as though he had sa...
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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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BUT GROW IN GRACE,.... In the gifts of grace, which, under a divine
blessing, may be increased by using them: gifts neglected decrease,
but stirred up and used, are improved and increase. And though m...
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But grow in grace, and _in_ the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ. To him _be_ glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Ver. 18. _But grow_] In firmness at least, as an apple doth in
mellownes...
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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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BUT GROW IN GRACE AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS
CHRIST. TO HIM BE GLORY BOTH NOW AND FOREVER. AMEN.
In the fact that the new earth will be the abode of righteousness
there is inclu...
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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 3:18 ‘but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. To Him to be glory, both now and to the day of
eternity. Amen.'_
‘BUT' -In contrast to falling from your own s...
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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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BUT GROW IN GRACE; in all those spiritual gifts ye have received from
Christ, especially sanctifying. AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND
SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST; in faith, whereby ye are sanctified, and...
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2 Peter 3:18 but G1161 grow G837 (G5720) in G1722 grace G5485 and
G2532 knowledge G1108 our G2257 Lord...
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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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‘But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever. Amen.'
And the way in which they are to ensure their own steadfastness is by
‘grow...
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2 Peter 3:18. BUT GROW IN GRACE AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND
SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. The R. V. prefers the rendering ‘grow in the
grace and knowledge,' etc. a rendering which may mean either ‘in...
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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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BUT GROW
(αυξανετε δε). Present active imperative of αυξανω, in
contrast with such a fate pictured in verse 2 Peter 3:17, "but keep on
growing."IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE
(εν χαριτ κα γνωσε). Loca...
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GRACE
Grace (imparted). Summary (see "Grace").
(_ See Scofield) - (John 1:17) _
Grace is not only dispensationally a method of divine dealing in
salvation,
(_ See Scofield) - (John 1:17), _
but i...
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2 Peter 3:18
Divine Grace and Human Effort.
I. Whenever we have to consider any joint action of God and man, we
are in danger either of thinking of God to the exclusion of man, or of
man to the exclu...
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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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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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BUT CONTINUE TO GROW. See 1 Peter 2:1-3 and notes. A failure to grow
spiritually exposes you to the Devil's power!!! But you never progress
_away from_ God's act in Christ to set you free: you progres...
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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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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 3:17 KNOWING THIS BEFOREHAND. The readers
have now been informed that the false teachers were distorting
Paul’s teaching. Paul advocates neither sin nor lawlessness, so they
sh...
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 3:14 Concluding Encouragements. To obtain
their final reward, believers must live a godly life and resist the
immorality promoted by the false teachers (see...
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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 Peter 2:2; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Peter 5:11; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Peter
1:3
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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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But grow in grace — That is, in every Christian temper. There may
be, for a time, grace without growth; as there may be natural life
without growth. But such sickly life, of soul or body, will end in...