E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Peter 3:11
dissolved . See "melt", 2 Peter 3:10 . be . See Luke 9:48 . conversation . See 1 Peter 1:15 . godliness . See 1 Timothy 2:2 . read more
2 Peter 3:8-14 Nkjv,nlt
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Peter 3:12
Looking for . App-133 . See Luke 3:15 (be in expectation). hasting unto = hastening. Greek. speudo. Elsewhere intransitive. Luke 19:5 .Acts 22:18 ; &c. Man can neither hinder nor advance the kingdom of God. But here the meaning is "Looking for, yes and earnestly looking for, the coming of the day of God". wherein = on account of ( App-104 . 2 Peter 3:2 ) which (plural) being on fire . See Ephesians 6:16 (fiery). melt . Greek. tekomai. Only here. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Peter 3:13
according to . App-104 . promise . See 2 Peter 1:4 .Isaiah 65:17 ; Isaiah 66:22 . new . Greek. kainos. See Matthew 9:17 . wherein = in ( App-104 .) which. dwelleth . See Acts 2:5 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Peter 3:14
such = these. be diligent. See 2 Peter 1:10 . of Dative case. No preposition. without spot. See 1 Timothy 6:14 . blameless. Greek. amometos. See Philippians 1:2 , Philippians 1:15 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:8
But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.This verse is based upon Psalms 90:4, the thought being a refutation of the mockers who took the Lord's delay as proof that he would not act. "Faith orients man to eternity, whereas scoffers remain children of time."[28] Wheaton pointed out that Peter here opposed the mockers with two arguments: (1) "Time is of no consequence to God," and (2) "Through his love for men, God... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."Here the writer of this epistle enables us to view the summit of the Christian faith, and to rise to a magnificent conception of God."[32] Barclay even went so far as to see a hint of universalism in it: "Ever and again there shines in Scripture the glint of the larger hope ... that somehow and some time, God ...... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.We shall not attempt to follow the lead of the commentators who spiritualize this passage, making it teach some figurative or symbolical lesson regarding God's dealing with human wickedness, the obvious intention of the apostle Peter being that of giving a literal account... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:11
Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness,The great ethical purpose of Christianity is clear in this. Christ came to save people from their sins, not in their sins; and the recognition of the ultimate fate of all created things, to say nothing of the immediate fate of all mortals, should have but one issue, that of godliness and holy living.Caffin pointed out that the prophetic tense is in use here: "Seeing that... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:12
looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements melt with fervent heat?Peter seems here to be repeating the words he had heard from Jesus' own lips.Earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God ... An acceptable translation of this is "hastening the coming of the day of God," as in our margin, and in RSV and New English Bible (1961). "This is a striking suggestion, implying that men, in some... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Peter 3:10
in the night . The texts omit. Compare 1 Thessalonians 5:2 , 1 Thessalonians 5:4 . with a great noise = with a rushing sound. Greek. rhoizedon. Only here. elements . See Galatians 1:4 , Galatians 1:3 . melt = be dissolved. Greek. luo, to loose. Compare App-174 . with fervent heat = being burnt up. Greek. kausoo. Only here and 2 Peter 3:12 . therein = in ( App-104 .) it. burned up . See 1 Corinthians 3:15 . read more