Be multiplied (plhqunqeih). First aorist passive optative of plhqunw in a wish for the future (volitive use) as in 1?Peter 1:2 ; Jude 1:2 . In the ...
Book Introduction - 2?Peter Read first chapter of 2?Peter WRITER: The Apostle Peter ( 2?Peter 1:1 ) DATE: Probably A.D. 66 THEME: Second Peter and Sec...
And I John (Kagw Iwannh). Here John the Seer is the speaker. He had already given his name ( 2 Peter 1:1 2 Peter 1:4 2 Peter 1:9 ). Here he claims ...
And he saith unto me (kai legei moi). The angel resumes as in 2?Peter 19:9 . Seal not up (mh spragish). Prohibition with mh and the ingressive first...
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. ...
Love of the brethren (thn piladelpian). See 1?Peter 1:22 . Love (thn agaphn). By deliberate choice ( Matthew 5:44 ). Love for Christ as the crown of...
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...
Overview - Jude 1 1?He exhorts them to be constant in the profession of the faith. 4?False teachers are crept in to seduce them, for whose evil doctr...
Lascivious doings (aselgeiai). Associative instrumental ease after exakolouqhsousin (future active, for which verb see 1?Peter 1:16 ). See 1?Peter ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...