CHAPTER 26 AS WERE THE DAYS OF NOAH 2 Peter 3:1 IN the previous chapter the Apostle showed how the renegade false teachers had published among the brethren their seductive doctrine declaring that God's fatherly discipline was something which they need not undergo, that the trials which He sent the... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 27 JUDGMENT TO COME 2 Peter 3:5 "THE world lasts on" (διαμενει) "through all time," say the scoffers, "just as it was at the Creation. There has been no change; there will be none." But out of their own mouth their folly is rebuked. How can these men speak of a creation? If there is to be... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 28 THE LORD IS NOT SLACK 2 Peter 3:8 "ALL things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation," said the mockers. It was foolish, therefore, to believe in, or to think of a judgment to come. In the words before us the Apostle not only supplies an answer to the scorners, but gi... [ Continue Reading ]
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. His thoughts perpetually go back to the words of Jesus, of which the passage before us is but one exam... [ Continue Reading ]
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 brethren to strive after steadfastness, but to beware of sinking into a careless security which may ma... [ Continue Reading ]