Wherefore (wste). Picking up the thread of consolation again (Bigg). Commit their souls (paratiqesqwsan ta psuca). Present (continuous) middle impera...
Who did no sin (o amartian ouk epoihsen). Quotation from Isaiah 53:9 . He has already expressed the sinlessness of Christ in 1?Peter 1:19 . The nex...
Overview - 2?Peter 3 1?He assures them of the certainty of Christ's coming to judgment, against those scorners who dispute against it; 8?warning the ...
Wherefore (dio). As in Philippians 1:10 Philippians 1:12 . Give diligence (spoudasate). As in Philippians 1:10 . That ye may be found (eureqhnai)....
Whereby (di wn). Probably the glory and virtue just mentioned, though it is possible to take it with panta ta pro, etc., or with hmin (unto us, meani...
INTRODUCTION AUTHENTICITY AND GENUINENESS.--If not a gross imposture, its own internal witness is unequivocal in its favor. It has Peter's name and...
Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 119:101??(King James Version)I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. ?refraine...
Better (kreitton). Comparative of kratu as in 2?Peter 2:21 ; Hebrews 1:4 . Patient endurance not only silences calumny (verse 1?Peter 3:16 ), is C...
Overview - 1?Peter 4 1?He exhorts them to cease from sin by the example of Christ, and the consideration of the general end that now approaches; 12?an...
Are crept in (pareiseduhsan). Second aorist passive indicative of pareisduw (-nw), late (Hippocrates, Plutarch, etc.) compound of para (beside) and e...
Overview - 2?Peter 2 1?He foretells them of false teachers, shewing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers; 7?from which the god...
Temperance (thn egkrateian). Self-control. Old word (from egkrath, en and krato, one holding himself in as in Titus 1:8 ), in N.T. only here, Acts ...
Be multiplied (plhqunqeih). First aorist passive optative of plhqunw as in 1?Peter 1:2 ; 2?Peter 1:2 . ...
Book Introduction - 1?Peter Read first chapter of 1?Peter WRITER: The Apostle Peter ( 1?Peter 1:1 ) DATE: Probably A.D. 60. That Babylon refers to the...
Overview - 1?Peter 1 1?He blesses God for his manifold spiritual graces; 10?shewing that the salvation in Christ is no news, but a thing prophesied of...
Overview - 1?Peter 3 1?He teaches the duty of wives and husbands to each other; 8?exhorting all men to unity and love; 14?and to suffer persecution. ...
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Overview - 2?Peter 1 1?Confirming them in hope of the increase of God's graces, 5?he exhorts them, by faith, and good works, to make their calling su...
Knowing these things beforehand (proginwskonte). Present active participle of proginwskw as in 1?Peter 1:20 . Cf. prwton ginwskw ( 2?Peter 1:20 ; 2...
Overview - 2?Peter 3 1?He assures them of the certainty of Christ's coming to judgment, against those scorners who dispute against it; 8?warning the ...