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2 PETER 1:17 o` ui`o,j mou o` avgaphto,j mou ou-to,j evstin {B}
The original text appears to have been preserved only in î72 B (the
Coptic and Ethiopic are ambiguous), all the other witnesses having...
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FOR HE RECEIVED FROM GOD THE FATHER HONOUR AND GLORY - He was honored
by God in being thus addressed.
WHEN THERE CAME SUCH A VOICE TO HIM FROM THE EXCELLENT GLORY - The
magnificent splendor; the brig...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE GRACIOUS PROVISIONS OF GOD
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. God's gracious provisions in Christ (2 Peter 1:1)_
2. The development of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:5)
3. The promises o...
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THE MAN WHO OPENED DOORS (2 Peter 1:1)
_ 1:1 Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, writes this
letter to those to whom there has been allotted a faith equal in
honour and privilege wit...
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For it was not cleverly invented fables that we followed when we made
known to you the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; it was
because we were made eye-witnesses of his majesty. This hap...
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FATHER. App-98.
CAME. was borne. Greek. _phero,_ as in 1 Peter 1:13 (brought).
SUCH. Greek. _toiosde._ Only here. Implying emphasis. The usual word
is _toioutos,_ which occurs 61 times.
FROM. by. A...
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_For he received from God the Father honour and glory_ The Greek
construction is participial, FOR HAVING RECEIVED …, the structure of
the sentence being interrupted by the parenthetical clause which
f...
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ΛΑΒῺΝ ΓᾺΡ … There is an anacoluthon here: λαβών has
no verb. It is probable that the writer had intended to complete the
sentence by writing ἐβεβαίωσεν τὸν
προφητικὸν λόγον (in 2 Peter 1:19)—for 2 Pet...
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Remember that we Apostles had ocular evidence for the truth of what we
preach to you, for instance at the Transfiguration, when we saw the
glory and heard the voice.
ΜΎΘΟΙΣ ἘΞΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΉΣΑΝΤΕΣ is one of...
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ΛΑΒΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983)
брать, принимать. _Aor._ указывает на
завершенное событие,
ΤΙΜΉ (G5092) честь. Здесь это слово
обозначает возвышенное положение
Иисуса, которое обус...
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2 PETER 1:17-18 FOR HE RECEIVED FROM GOD THE FATHER HONOR AND GLORY,
WHEN THERE WAS BORNE SUCH A VOICE TO HIM BY THE MAJESTIC GLORY, THIS
IS MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED: AND THIS VOICE W...
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For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came
such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased. RECEIVED ... HONOUR - in the voi...
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VERSE 17. FOR HE RECEIVED FROM GOD THE FATHER.
A such qualified eye-witness, and as a man shortly to die, I again
assert the fact to be that Jesus Christ whom we preach was recognized
by the Father w...
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1 The introduction of the name Simeon, before Peter, and slave in
addition to apostle, gives us a clue to the character of this second
epistle. The emphasis is laid on practice rather than precept. It...
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1:17 received (g-3) Lit. 'for having received.' uttered (h-15) Or
'brought,' as 1 Peter 1:13 , or 'borne to him.' It is the passive
aorist participle of the Greek word _ phero_ , from which the word
t...
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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...
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Peter, James and John saw God the Father give ‘honour and *glory’
to Jesus. They did not see God. But they saw a great cloud which was
full of bright light. They heard the voice of God, which came fro...
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JESUS WILL RETURN
PETER’S SECOND LETTER
_HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_
ABOUT THIS LETTER
THE WRITER
Peter wrote this letter. His name used to be Simon, but Jesus changed
it to Peter (John 1:42...
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(16-21) The certainty of Christ’s coming again is the basis of these
exhortations; and that certainty is proved (1) by the Transfiguration,
which was an anticipation of His coming again in glory; (2)...
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FOR HE RECEIVED. — Literally, _For having received._ The sentence is
unfinished, owing to the long dependent clause, “when there came...
well pleased.” The natural ending would be, “He had us as His
a...
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CHAPTER 21
THE VOICE HEARD IN THE HOLY MOUNT
2 Peter 1:12
UP to this point the Apostle has spoken of God's abundant grace and
the consequent duties of believers. And he has set forth these duties
in...
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_The fact of the Transfiguration a guarantee of the writer's
truthfulness_. “For we are not without facts to rest upon. Our
preaching of the power and coming of Jesus Christ was not based on
sophistic...
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λαβὼν. It is well-nigh impossible to say what is the case
agreement of the participle here. It is at least certain that the
subject is Jesus. Dietlein, Schott, Ewald, and Mayor agree that the
writer i...
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“EYE-WITNESSES OF HIS MAJESTY”
2 Peter 1:12
Peter could never forget what the Master had predicted of his death.
See John 21:18. Oh, that in our death, whatever be its mode, we may
glorify God! The f...
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This Epistle was addressed to the same persons as was the first. Its
purpose was to strengthen them in view of dangers threatening them
within the Church. The apostle addressed them as having 'like pr...
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RELIABLE TRUTHS
Peter has been talking about writing this epistle to them so they
would remember the important doctrines he, and others, had previously
taught them. Now, he tells the reason for wantin...
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"Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of
these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present
truth. (13) Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this ta...
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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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17._For he received from God the Father. _He chose one memorable
example out of many, even that of Christ, when, adorned with celestial
glory, he conspicuously displayed his divine majesty to his thre...
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The Second Epistle of Peter is even more simple than the First. Like
those of Jude and John, it is written essentially with a view to the
seducers, who, with large promises of liberty, beguiled souls...
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FOR HE RECEIVED FROM GOD THE FATHER HONOUR AND GLORY,.... Not as an
inferior from a superior, for he was equal in glory with the Father,
and was, and is, the brightness of his Father's glory; nor
esse...
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For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came
such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased.
Ver. 17. _This is my beloved Son...
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2 Pet. 1:16-18. "But were eye-witnesses of his majesty," etc. They,
the apostles, had not only _heard_ him say, that he would come in his
kingdom in power and great glory, but they were in a sort
eye-...
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_For_ These things are worthy of being always remembered and regarded;
for _we have not followed cunningly-devised fables_ Like those common
among the heathen, but things infallibly true and infinitel...
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FOR HE RECEIVED FROM GOD THE FATHER HONOR AND GLORY WHEN THERE CAME
SUCH A VOICE TO HIM FROM THE EXCELLENT GLORY, THIS IS MY BELOVED SON,
IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED....
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THE RELIABILITY OF THE GOSPEL AND OF THE PROPHECY.
The apostles as witnesses of Christ's majesty:...
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Peter writes not only as an apostle (as in his first epistle), but as
a bondman and apostle. So authority is not only stressed, but
lowliness of subjection, a precious reminder in days of deter-mined...
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_ 2 Peter 1:17 ‘For when He received honor and glory from God the
Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic
Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom. am well-pleased”'_
‘FOR' -...
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16-21 The gospel is no weak thing, but comes in power, Romans 1:16.
The law sets before us our wretched state by sin, but there it leaves
us. It discovers our disease, but does not make known the cur...
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Either HONOUR AND GLORY for glorious honour; or GLORY may relate to
that lustre which appeared in the body of Christ at his
transfiguration, MATTHEW 17:2, and HONOUR to the voice which came to
him fro...
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Five Books in Reply to Marcion
350 From "the effulgent glory"[114]...
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2 Peter 1:17 For G1063 received G2983 (G5631) from G3844 God G2316
Father G3962 honor G5092 and G2532 glory...
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PETER CONFIRMS THAT WHAT HE HAS SAID ABOUT THE GLORY OF JESUS OUR LORD
IS BASED ON HIS OWN FACTUAL EXPERIENCE (2 PETER 1:16).
They have been called by His own glory and excellence (2 Peter 1:3),
and h...
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‘For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there
was borne such a voice to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased,” '
For he wants them to know...
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2 Peter 1:17. FOR HE RECEIVED FROM GOD THE FATHER HONOUR AND GLORY. In
the original it is ‘For having received,' etc., the sentence being
broken by what is said about the voice, and the writer hurryin...
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The writer next expresses his resolution to use the brief portion of
life now remaining to him in recalling the attention of his readers to
the great truths to which he has been referring, and in maki...
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FOR HE RECEIVED
(λαβων γαρ). Second aorist active participle nominative
singular of λαμβανω, "he having received," but there is no
finite verb, anacoluthon, changing in verse 2 Peter 1:19 (after
par...
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2 Peter 1:16. _For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when
we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
but were eyewitnesses of his majesty._
There is need in th...
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2 Peter 1:9. _But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot
see afar off,_
He is short-sighted; he has some light, and some physical sight, but
he cannot see to a distance; spiritually, he is...
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2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ,
to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the
righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:_
Peter here...
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CONTENTS: The great Christian virtues. God's Word exalted.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Peter.
CONCLUSION: The Christian should be diligent to add one Christian
grace to another that he may bring glory...
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2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter,_ the Greek is Symeon, as in two other
places of the Greek text. _To them that have obtained like precious
faith,_ the christians of every name. _Through the righteousness of...
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WE WERE THERE. See Matthew 17:1-8 and notes. Peter, James, and John
were there when Jesus was _transfigured._ Peter points to this event
as PROOF of the truth of the Good News!!! And certainly the
tra...
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:12 Peter’s Reminder to the Churches.
Peter contrasts the truth about Christ and the falsehood of man-made
myths. In light of this certain truth, the church should focus on
li...
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:17 MAJESTIC GLORY. A name for God the
Father that emphasizes the power of his presence (see Exodus 33:12;...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
2 Peter 1:16. FABLES.—Legends, myths. With special reference to the
narrative of the marvels of the Transfiguration. COMING.—Whether
this looks backward or onward is n...
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EXPOSITION
2 PETER 1:1
SIMON PETER. "Symeon" seems to be the best-supported spelling in this
place. The same form of the name is found in Luke 2:25 and Acts 13:1;
it also occurs in...
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Second Peter.
Simon Peter (2 Peter 1:1),
The name Simon, of course, was the given name. Peter is the name that
Jesus gave to him. He is,
a bondslave and an apostle (2 Peter 1:1)
It seems that bond...
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2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 11:31; 2 John 1:3; Isaiah 42:1;...
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When there came [ε ν ε χ θ ε ι σ η ς]. Lit., having been
born. Compare come (Rev., ver. 18); moved (ver. 21); and rushing wind,
lit., a wind born along (Acts 2:2).
From [υ π ο]. Lit., by.
Excellent ...
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A CALL TO GREATER THINGS
2 Peter 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The author of the Epistle. It is most refreshing and certainly
inspiring to open the Bible and find an Epistle which is indited by
the Hol...
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For he received divine honour and inexpressible glory — Shining from
heaven above the brightness of the sun. When there came such a voice
from the excellent glory — That is, from God the Father. Matth...