SIMON] RM 'Symeon,' the more distinctly Jewish form of the name: cp. Acts 15:14. GOD AND OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST] RV 'our God and Saviour'; Jesus Christ.' Both titles are given to Christ: cp. Romans 9:5; Hebrews 1:8, and Titus 2:13; (RV).... [ Continue Reading ]
GREEETING. THANKSGIVING. EXHORTATION TO PROGEESS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM ONE WHO REMEMBERS JESUS CHRIST 2 Peter 1 may be subdivided into two parts: (_a_) 2 Peter 1:1, greeting followed by a declaration of the glory and virtue of the Christian life, which is a life of continual growth and progress, an... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS DIVINE POWER] i.e. Christ's: cp. 2 Peter 1:16. HIM THAT HATH CALLED US] i.e. the Father, as in 1 Peter 5:10. TO GLORY AND VIRTUE] RM 'through glory and virtue.' The Christian advances towards the eternal kingdom through an earthly life which is touched with the divine glory and virtue.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREBY] i.e. by glory and virtue. MIGHT BE] RV 'may become'; such partaking is not yet completed.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BESIDE THIS, GIVING ALL DILIGENCE] RV 'Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence.' God has granted all things, and for that very reason we must be diligent: cp. V. 10 and Philippians 2:12. Virtue must answer to glory, duty to grace. All this is just in the spirit of 1 Peter... [ Continue Reading ]
TEMPERANCE] RM 'self-control.'... [ Continue Reading ]
BROTHERLY KINDNESS] RV 'love of the brethren,' i.e. the Christians: cp. 1 Peter 3:8. CHARITY] RV 'love,' which goes beyond the Christian circle to God and all that He has made.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLIND, AND CANNOT SEE FAR OFF] As in 1 Peter 1:11, the first statement is less exact than the second. He who cares not to progress loses his spiritual vision; the cleansing he received in baptism, and the eternal kingdom into which he is entering, are out of his sight.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN ENTRANCE.. MINISTERED.. ABUNDANTLY] RV 'the entrance.. richly supplied': cp. Colossians 1:18. Life is a progress into that eternal kingdom to which we already belong.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRESENT TRUTH] RV 'the truth which is with _you._'... [ Continue Reading ]
TABERNACLE] or 'tent,' i.e. the body (cp. 2 Corinthians 5:1)—a fit thought for those who are sojourners and pilgrims on earth: cp. 1 Peter 1:1; 1 Peter 2:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHORTLY MUST PUT OFF _THIS_ MY TABERNACLE] RV 'the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly.' His death was to be violent, and therefore sudden: cp. John 21:18. There will be no time then for admonitions, therefore he will be diligent now, and will leave his words in writing, that they may help t... [ Continue Reading ]
COMING] i.e. Second Coming, in that glory of which a glimpse was given at the Transfiguration.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE HAVE ALSO A MORE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY] RV 'And we have the word of prophecy made more sure,' i.e. OT. prophecy, which is confirmed by this sight and sound: cp. 2 Peter 3:2. A LIGHT THAT SHINETH IN A DARK PLACE] RM 'a lamp shining in a squalid place.' The word 'squalid' prepares the reader for t... [ Continue Reading ]