2 Peter 3:18

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 2 Peter 3:14-18

An admonition to steadfastness: v. 14. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless. v. 15. And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation, even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given unto him, hath written unto you, v. 16. as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 2 Peter 3:10-18

2 Peter 3:10-1810 But the day12 of the Lord will come as a thief in the night,13 in the which the14 heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt15 with fervent 11heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.16 Seeing then17 that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye18 to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12Looking for and hastening19 unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 2 Peter 3:18

2 Peter GROWTH 2Pe_3:18 . These are the last words of an old man, written down as his legacy to us. He was himself a striking example of his own precept. It would be an interesting study to examine these two letters of the Apostle Peter, in order to construct from them a picture of what he became, and to contrast it with his own earlier self when full of self-confidence, rashness, and instability. It took a lifetime for Simon, the son of Jonas, to grow into Peter; but it was done. And the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 2 Peter 3:10-18

“Holy Living and Godliness” 2 Peter 3:10-18 How quickly the great European convulsion broke upon the world in the summer of 1914! Who expected such a sudden burst of the great storm! We are evidently near some vast change in the history of mankind, which may fitly be compared to the coming of new heavens and a new earth , as mentioned in 2 Peter 3:13 . The condition of the world calls on each of us to be holy, as the virgins in their pure dresses, with burning and well-filled lamps. See... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 3:1-18

False teaching which denies the power of Christ issues in false thinking which denies the Coming of Christ. There will be mockers who will walk in lust and make sport of the great hope of the Church, declaring that things will ever continue as they have continued. To strengthen his readers against this peril, the apostle reminded them of the prophecies, and the commandment of the Lord, and said further that what appears to be delay is due to the long-suffering of God, with whom time does not... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 2 Peter 3:1-18

Inexcusable Ignorance 2 Peter 3:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We like the way this chapter opens. The Apostle says, "This Second Epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance . The child of God often needs to be stirred up to remember. In the first chapter of this Epistle we found that Peter was going to stir up the saints relative to the Lord's Second Coming. He wanted them to keep the Lord's Return constantly in remembrance. Now, he would... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 3:18

GROWTH IN GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE‘But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.’ 2 Peter 3:18 The Christian life, like the Christian faith from which it springs, is a great mystery; indeed, it is part of that one great ‘mystery of godliness’ which that faith reveals, for it, too, is a manifestation of ‘God in the flesh.’ Every renewed man is a real revelation of God. ‘God dwelleth’ in him, and ‘he in God,’ and the indwelling Spirit reveals Himself in and by him to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:17-18

Final Summary (2 Peter 3:17-18 ). Peter now sums up what he has said, firstly with a warning and then with an appeal. They are to beware lest they be carried away by false teaching, and they are to grow in the true knowledge of ‘our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ’. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:18

‘But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever. Amen.’ And the way in which they are to ensure their own steadfastness is by ‘growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ’. It is by ever learning more and more of Him, both of His gracious and powerful activity on their behalf as their true Saviour, and of His supreme and continual authority as their Lord. This is the true knowledge. And knowing of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:14-18

2 Peter 3:4-Job : . The epistle closes, as it had opened, with an exhortation to godliness. The Gospel is not a cloke for licentiousness but a call to righteousness. This, the author adds, was the burden of Paul’ s teaching in all his letters, though his words had been misunderstood by the ignorant and distorted by the wicked into a justification of moral laxity. (That this was the case, even in Paul’ s lifetime, can be seen, e.g. in Romans 3:8; Romans 6:1, also in 1 Cor. passim; cf. ... read more

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