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Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 2 Peter 3:12

3:12 [the] (h-25) The absence of the article is poetic here, 'because of which inflamed heavens shall be dissolved, and burning elements shall melt.' read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:1-18

Antidote Against Despising the Day of the Lord. Exhortation. Doxology2 Peter 3 may be subdivided into three parts: (a) 2 Peter 3:1-7. ’This Second Epistle is a reminder of what prophets and apostles have said. Those who would understand it must first know that, though mockers will deny this, there will be an end of the present world by fire, as once it was overwhelmed by water. This will be a day of judgment and destruction for the ungodly. (b) 2 Peter 3:8-13. As for the delay, which induces... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Peter 3:11

(11) Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved.—For “then” we ought probably to read “thus,” seeing that all these things are thus to be dissolved. The original is present in form, but rightly translated by the future, being the prophetic present, i.e., the future prophetically regarded as present.What manner of persons.—Not so much a question as an exclamation. In any case, the sentence should run on to the end of 2 Peter 3:12. To put an interrogation at “to be” or at “godliness,”... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Peter 3:12

(12) Hasting unto.—There is no “unto” in the Greek. The margin is probably right, hasting the coming—i.e., hastening Christ’s coming by holy lives, by helping to make the Gospel known to all nations (Matthew 24:14), so as to “accomplish the number of the elect,” and by praying “Thy kingdom come.” (Comp. 2 Timothy 4:8; Revelation 22:20.) The thought is singularly parallel to St. Peter’s speech in Solomon’s Porch (Acts 3:19-21, where see Notes); and as the thought is striking and unusual—perhaps... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Peter 3:1-18

2 Peter 3:4 The sense of security more frequently springs from habit than from conviction, and for this reason it often subsists after such a change in the condition as might have been expected to suggest alarm. The lapse of time during which a given event has not happened is, in the logic of habit, constantly alleged as a reason why the event should never happen, even when the lapse of time is precisely the added condition which makes the event imminent. George Eliot, Silas Marner (ch. v.).... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 3:10-13

Chapter 29 "WHAT MANNER OF PERSONS OUGHT YE TO BE?"2 Peter 3:10-13THE 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 example out of many. "If the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched". {Luke 12:39} So spake Christ unto the disciples when urging them to be like unto... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Peter 3:1-18

III. THE FUTURE OF THE EARTH AND THE CONCLUSION CHAPTER 3 1. Mocking at the Lord’s coming (2 Peter 3:1-7 ) 2. The future of the earth (2 Peter 3:8-18 ) 3. Exhortation and conclusion (2 Peter 3:11-18 ) 2 Peter 3:1-7 The opening statement shows conclusively that Peter is the author and that this second Epistle was sent to the same believers to whom the first Epistle was addressed. The critics claim that this chapter marks a separate Epistle in itself and that it was combined by mistake... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Peter 3:11

3:11 {11} [Seeing] then [that] all these things shall be dissolved, what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy conversation and godliness,(11) An exhortation to purity of life, setting before us that horrible judgment of God, both to bridle our wantonness, and also to comfort us, so that we are found watching and ready to meet him at his coming. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Peter 3:12

3:12 Looking for and {e} hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?(e) He requires patience from us, yet such patience as is not slothful. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:1-18

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 judgment will emerge precious resurrection state of eternal blessing. But both of Peter's epistles have the chief present object of stirring up the pure minds of believers by way of remembrance. He claims to give no new truth, but we greatly to be reminded of that which we have before heard. And... read more