2 Peter 1:1-13 ASV

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:4

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.Through which — Glory and fortitude. He hath given us exceeding great, and inconceivably precious promises - Both the promises and the things promised, which follow in their due season, that, sustained and encouraged by the promises, we may obtain all that he has promised. That, having escaped the manifold... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:5

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;For this very reason — Because God hath given you so great blessings.Giving all diligence — It is a very uncommon word which we render giving. It literally signifies, bringing in by the by, or over and above: implying, that good works the work; yet not unless we are diligent. Our diligence is to follow the gift of God, and is followed by an increase of all his gifts.Add to — And in all the other gifts of... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:6

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;And to your knowledge temperance; and to your temperance patience — Bear and forbear; sustain and abstain; deny yourself and take up your cross daily. The more knowledge you have, the more renounce your own will; indulge yourself the less. "Knowledge puffeth up," and the great boasters of knowledge (the Gnostics) were those that "turned the grace of God into wantonness." But see that your knowledge be attended... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:7

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.And to godliness brotherly kindness — No sullenness, sternness, moroseness: "sour godliness," so called, is of the devil. Of Christian godliness it may always be said, "Mild, sweet, serene, and tender is her mood, Nor grave with sternness, nor with lightness free: Against example resolutely good, Fervent in zeal, and warm in charity." And to brotherly kindness love - The pure and perfect love of God and of all mankind. The... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:8

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.For these being really in you — Added to your faith.And abounding — Increasing more and more, otherwise we fall short.Make you neither slothful nor unfruitful — Do not suffer you to be faint in your mind, or without fruit in your lives. If there is less faithfulness, less care and watchfulness, since we were pardoned, than there was before, and less... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:9

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.But he that wanteth these — That does not add them to his faith.Is blind — The eyes of his understanding are again closed. He cannot see God, or his pardoning love. He has lost the evidence of things not seen.Not able to see afar off — Literally, purblind. He has lost sight of the precious promises: perfect love and heaven are equally out of his sight. Nay, he cannot now... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:10

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:Wherefore — Considering the miserable state of these apostates.Brethren — St. Peter nowhere uses this appellation in either of his epistles, but in this important exhortation.Be the more diligent — By courage, knowledge, temperance, etc.To make your calling and election firm — God hath called you by his word and his Spirit; he hath elected you, separated you... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:11

For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.For if ye do so, an entrance shall be ministered to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom - Ye shall go in full triumph to glory. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:12

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.Wherefore — Since everlasting destruction attends your sloth, everlasting glory your diligence, I will not neglect always to remind you of these things - Therefore he wrote another, so soon after the former, epistle.Though ye are established in the present truth — That truth which I am now declaring. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:13

Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;In this tabernacle — Or tent. How short is our abode in the body! How easily does a believer pass out of it! read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:4

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:5

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:6

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:7

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:8

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:9

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:10

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:11

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:12

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Peter 1:13

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