베드로후서 3:11-18 KRV

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

But grow in grace - Increase in the image and favor of God; every grace and Divine influence which ye have received is a seed, a heavenly seed, which, if it be watered with the dew of heaven from above, will endlessly increase and multiply itself. He who continues to believe, love, and obey, will grow in grace, and continually increase in the knowledge of Jesus Christ, as his sacrifice, sanctifier, counsellor, preserver, and final Savior. The life of a Christian is a growth; he is at first... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:11

Verse 11 Heaven and earth, he says, shall pass away for our sakes; is it meet, then, for us to be engrossed with the things of earth, and not, on the contrary, to attend to a holy and godly life? The corruptions of heaven and earth will be purged by fire, while yet as the creatures of God they are pure; what then ought to be done by us who are full of so many pollutions? As to the word godlinesses (pietatibus ,) the plural number is used for the singular, except you take it as meaning the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:12

Verse 12 12Looking for and hasting unto, or, waiting for by hastening; so I render the words, though they are two participles; for what we had before separately he gathers now into one sentence, that is, that we ought hastily to wait. Now this contrarious hope possesses no small elegance, like the proverb, “Hasten slowly,” (festina lente .) When he says, “Waiting for,” he refers to the endurance of hope; and he sets hastening in opposition to topor; and both are very apposite. For as quietness... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:14

Verse 14 14.Wherefore. He justly reasons from hope to its effect, or the practice of a godly life; for hope is living and efficacious; therefore it cannot be but that it will attract us to itself. He, then, who waits for new heavens, must begin with renewal as to himself, and diligently aspire after it; but they who cleave to their own filth, think nothing, it is certain, of God's kingdom, and have no taste for anything but for this corrupt world. But we must notice that he says, that we ought... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:15

Verse 15 15.The long-suffering of our Lord. He takes it as granted that Christ defers the day of his coming, because he has a regard for our salvation. He hence animates the faithful, because in a longer delay they have an evidence as to their own salvation. Thus, what usually disheartens others through weariness, he wisely turns to a contrary purpose. Even as our beloved brother Paul. We may easily gather from the Epistle to the Galatians, as well as from other places, that unprincipled men,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:16

Verse 16 16.In which are some things. The relative which does not refer to epistles, for it is in the neuter gender. (185) The meaning is, that in the things which he wrote there was sometimes an obscurity, which gave occasion to the unlearned to go astray to their own ruin. We are reminded by these words, to reason soberly on things so high and obscure; and further, we are here strengthened against this kind of offense, lest the foolish or absurd speculations of men should disturb us, by which... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:17

Verse 17 17.Ye, therefore, beloved. After having shewn to the faithful the dangers of which they were to beware, he now concludes by admonishing them to be wise. But he shews that there was need of being watchful, lest they should be overwhelmed. And, doubtless, the craft of our enemy, the many and various treacheries which he employs against us, the cavils of ungodly men, leave no place for security. Hence, vigilance must be exercised, lest the devices of Satan and of the wicked should succeed... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 18 18.But grow in grace. He also exhorts us to make progress; for it is the only way of persevering, to make continual advances, and not to stand still in the middle of our journey; as though he had said, that they only would be safe who labored to make progress daily. The word grace, I take in a general sense, as meaning those spiritual gifts we obtain through Christ. But as we become partakers of these blessings according to the measure of our faith, knowledge is added to grace; as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 3:10-13

Destiny and duty. This passage is woven to the preceding by a link so clear and close that there is no need for indicating it. But we proceed to notice— I. THE CERTAINTY AND YET THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE PASSING AWAY OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF THINGS . 1 . What will "pass away"? "Heavens;" i.e., firmament. "Elements;" not the forces we usually so name, because they include "fire," which is here the revolutionary force; but, according to Farrar and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 3:11

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved; rather, seeing that all these things are being dissolved. The participle is present, and implies the certainty of the event foretold, and, perhaps, also that the germs of that coming dissolution are already in being, that the forces which are ultimately to bring about the final catastrophe are even now at work. Some of the better manuscripts read, instead of οὖν , then, οὕτως , thus: "seeing that all these things are thus... read more

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:17

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

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 3:10-13

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 3:11

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