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Verse 13. _WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, LOOK FOR NEW HEAVENS_] The
promise to which it is supposed the apostle alludes, is found Isaiah
65:17: _Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the...
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NEVERTHELESS WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE - The allusion here seems to
be, beyond a doubt, to two passages in Isaiah, in which a promise of
this kind is found. Isaiah 65:17; “for, behold, I create new...
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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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Moreover the Lord is not really slow to fulfil His promise; He does
not reckon time as men reckon. His seeming slowness is not the
manifestation of His impotence, but of His long-suffering love (_cf._...
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THE PRINCIPLES OF PREACHING (2 Peter 3:1-2)...
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Since these things are going to be dissolved like that, what kind of
people ought you to be, living a life of constant holiness and true
piety, you who are eagerly awaiting and doing your best to hast...
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_we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth_
The promise of which the Apostle speaks is that of Isaiah 65:17;
Isaiah 66:22, where we have the very words, "new heavens and a new...
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ΚΑΙΝΟῪΣ ΔῈ ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΟΎΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. The new heaven and
earth are prophesied in the concluding Chapter s of Isaiah 65:17
ἔσται γὰρ ὁ οὐρανὸς καινὸς καὶ ἡ
γῆ καινή, Isaiah 66:22 ὄν τρόπον γὰρ ὁ
οὐρανὸς καινὸς κ...
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NOTE ON THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD BY FIRE
The passage 2 Peter 3:5-13 is the only one in the New Testament which
speaks of the destruction of the world by fire. The coming of Christ,
the Resurrectio...
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ΈΠΆΓΓΕΛΜΑ (G1862) обещанное, обетование.
ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΏΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΈΩ
(G4328) ожидать, ждать. "Мы" включающее в
себя говорящего (GGBB, 398).
ΚΑΤΟΙΚΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΟΙΚΈΩ (G...
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DISCOURSE: 2428
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
2 Peter 3:10. The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the
elements shall melt with f...
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NEVERTHELESS, WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, LOOK, &C.— That is,
"Though the present frame of things shall be dissolved by fire, yet we
look for another, a more durable and perfect state; new heavens,...
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2 PETER 3:13 BUT, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, WE LOOK FOR NEW HEAVENS
AND A NEW EARTH, WHEREIN DWELLETH RIGHTEOUSNESS.
_Expanded Translation_
But (though this world shall surely be destroyed as I have...
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Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a
new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
NEVERTHELESS - in contrast to the destructive effects of the day of
God stand its con...
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VERSE 13. NEVERTHELESS, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE.
God has promised us a new heaven and a new earth after this has been
burned up. Unlike those destroyed by fire, in them was evil. In the
ones promise...
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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...
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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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ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE] given in Isaiah 65:17. After all, the world
will be renewed rather than destroyed: cp. Revelation 21:5. WHEREIN
DWELLETH RIGHTEOUSNESS] cp. Revelation 22:3....
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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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Christians can expect with joy what God has promised after his
judgement. Peter uses words from Isaiah 65:17 when he wrote about ‘a
new heaven and a new earth’. Everyone will obey God. No wicked
peopl...
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NEVERTHELESS WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE. — “Nevertheless” is
too strong, and the emphasis is on “new,” not on “we.” _But
new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness, we look
for, acc...
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CHAPTER 29
"WHAT MANNER OF PERSONS OUGHT YE TO BE?"
2 Peter 3:10
THE Apostle, ever earnest to put the brethren in mind of the things
they had heard or read, never fails to follow his own precept. Hi...
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καινοὺς δὲ οὐρανοὺς … προσδοκῶμεν.
_Cf._ Isaiah 65:17. ἔσται γὰρ ὁ οὐρανὸς
καινὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ καινή. Enoch xci. 16. See note on
2 Peter 3:7.
οὐρανός might appropriately be translated “sky”. ἐν
οἷς δικαιο...
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_The ethical value of the Parousia expectation_. “Seeing then that
all these things are to be dissolved, how great an effect it ought to
exercise on our whole moral and religious life, as we look forw...
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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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Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a
new earth, (f) wherein dwelleth righteousness.
(f) In which heavens....
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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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_CHRISTIANITY AND THE FUTURE_
‘But, according to His promise, we look for new heavens and a new
earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.’
2 Peter 3:13 (R.V.)
The Apostles deal very much with the futu...
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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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NEVERTHELESS WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE,.... Or promises, as the
Alexandrian copy, and the Vulgate Latin version; namely those in
Isaiah 65:17;
LOOK FOR NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH; not figurativel...
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Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a
new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Ver. 13. _According to his promise_] Which is good sure hold. For he
pays not his prom...
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_Nevertheless we, according to his promise_, &c. That is, “Though
the present frame of things shall be dissolved by fire, yet we look
for another, a more durable and perfect state; _new heavens and a...
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HIS PROMISE; ISAIAH 65:17; Isaiah 66:22; REVELATION 21:1....
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NEVERTHELESS WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, LOOK FOR NEW HEAVENS AND A
NEW EARTH, WHEREIN DWELLETH RIGHTEOUSNESS.
The apostle here applies the lesson of the facts adduced by him to the
situation of the...
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The attitude of the Christians:...
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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 3:13 ‘But according to His promise we are looking for new
heavens and. new earth, in which righteousness dwells.'_
‘BUT' -The positive results of that day, in contrast to the
destruction of...
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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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NEVERTHELESS WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE: see ISAIAH 65:17 ISAIAH
66:22 REVELATION 21:1,27, to which this text seems to refer, speak of
a new state of the church here in the world, yet by way of allu...
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2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless G1161 we G4328 according G2596 His G846
promise G1862 for G4328 (G5719) new G2537 heavens...
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THE REASON FOR DELAY AND THE FINAL FULFILMENT (2 PETER 3:8)....
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‘But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new
earth, in which dwells righteousness.'
They are to look for the new heavens and the new earth. For that is
God's promise, the formatio...
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2 Peter 3:13. BUT, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, WE LOOK FOR NEW HEAVENS
AND A NEW EARTH. The rendering of the R. V. is decidedly superior here
to that of the A. V. The latter throws an emphasis upon the...
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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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PROMISE
(επαγγελμα). As in 2 Peter 1:4. The reference is to Isaiah
65:17; Isaiah 66:22. See also Revelation 21:1. For καινος (new)
see on...
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RIGHTEOUSNESS
(_ See Scofield) - (1 John 3:7). _...
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2 Peter 3:13
I. The man who saw this vision may be described as a dreamer, and the
glorious dream which he has put before us here still waits for its
fulfilment. But dreamers are the pioneers of worke...
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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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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 WE WAIT. The Coming will be both judgment for the wicked and
triumph for the Kingdom! The Church Militant will become the Church
Triumphant!!! NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH. _MacKnight_ understands...
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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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_Look for new heavens and a new earth._
NEW HEAVENS AND NEW EARTH
A question here arises whether the new heavens and new earth will be
created out of the-ruins of the old. The idea of the annihilatio...
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 3:13 The hope of Christians ultimately
depends on God’s PROMISE that God will bring about a NEW HEAVENS AND
A NEW EARTH (see...
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 3:1 The Day of the Lord Will Surely Come.
Peter turns his attention to explaining the Lord’s promised return.
Apparently he is responding to a disagreement in the church concer...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
2 Peter 3:8. ONE DAY, etc.—The time-element gave opportunity to the
scoffers. The time-measures of God must not be thought of as like
those of men. It is to misrepresen...
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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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Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22; Revelation 21:1; Revelation 21:27...
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We look for. The same verb as in ver. 12. It occurs three times in 12
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New [κ α ι ν ο υ ς]. See on Matthew 26:29....
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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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We look for new heavens and a new earth — Raised as it were out of
the ashes of the old; we look for an entire new state of things.
Wherein dwelleth righteousness — Only righteous spirits. How great a...
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Observe here, 1. What is the subject matter of the Christian's
expectation, he looks for new HEAVENS, and. new EARTH in which
DWELLETH RIGHTEOUSNESS, that is, only righteous persons, and perfectly
rig...