2 Peter 1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 1:12

Wherefore I will not be negligent ,.... The apostle having made use of proper arguments to excite the saints he writes to regard the exhortation he had given, to the diligent exercise of grace, and discharge of duty, proceeds to give the reasons of his own conduct, why he gave such an exhortation to them, and pressed it, and continued to do so, and determined for the future to go on with it, as particularly the usefulness and profitableness of it; and therefore, seeing it would be attended... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 1:13

Yea, I think it meet ,.... Or "just". This is the apostle's other reason for his conduct, taken from the duty of his place and office; judging it to be what became him as an apostle and elder, and the minister of the circumcision, and was what was due to God and Christ, whom he served, and the souls of men under his care: as long as I am in this tabernacle : or "body", as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions render it, and so some copies; for the body is as a tabernacle for the soul to dwell... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 1:14

Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle ,.... Which is another reason why the apostle was so pressing in this case, and so much urged the exhortation, and was so diligent in reminding the saints of it, and stirring them to observe it, because he knew he had but a little time to live, and which therefore he was willing to improve for their good. He sets forth his death in a very easy and familiar way, it being not at all terrible and distressing to him; it was but like the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 1:15

Moreover, I will endeavour ,.... He signifies, that he should not only use all diligence to stir them up to, and put them in remembrance of the necessary duties of their calling while he was alive, but should make it his study to concert some measures, and take some steps, that you may be able after my decease : or Exodus, meaning his going out of this world by death, in allusion to the Israelites going out of Egypt, and marching for Canaan's land; this world being, like Egypt, a place... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 1:16

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables ,.... Such as Jewish fables, cautioned against Titus 1:14 which their traditionary and oral law, their Talmud, and other writings, mention; as concerning the temporal kingdom of the Messiah, the sumptuous feast, and carnal pleasures and entertainments, of that state, with many other things; some of which indeed are not very cunningly put together, but weak enough: or Gentile fables concerning the theogony and exploits of their deities; and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 1:17

For he received from God the Father honour and glory ,.... Not as an inferior from a superior, for he was equal in glory with the Father, and was, and is, the brightness of his Father's glory; nor essentially, having the same glory as his Father, and to which nothing can be added; but declaratively, God the Father testifying of his glory, declaring the honour that belonged to him, as the Son of God, at the same time that an external glory was put on him, and received by him, as the son of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 1:18

And this voice, which came from heaven, we heard ,.... Peter, who wrote this epistle, and James and John, the favourite disciples of Christ; and who were a sufficient number to bear witness of what they then saw and heard: when we were with him ; and saw his glory, and the glory of Moses and Elias, and were so delighted with his company, and theirs, and with communion with him, that Peter, in the name of the rest, desired to stay there: in the holy mount ; the Ethiopic version reads,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 1:19

Though this word of prophecy is generally understood of the writings and prophecies of the Old Testament concerning Christ, yet different ways are taken to fix the comparison: some think the sense is, that they are more sure than the cunningly devised fables, 2 Peter 1:16 but as these have no certainty nor authority in them, but are entirely to be rejected, the apostle would never put the sacred writings in comparison with them: and it is most clear, that the comparison lies between this... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 1:20

Knowing this first ,.... Especially, and in the first place, this is to be known, observed, and considered; that no prophecy of the Scripture , that is contained in Scripture, be it what it will, is of any private interpretation : not that this is levelled against the right of private judgment of Scripture; or to be understood as if a private believer had not a right of reading, searching, examining, and judging, and interpreting the Scriptures himself, by virtue of the unction which... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 1:21

For the prophecy ,.... The whole Scripture, all the prophetic writings; so the Jews call the Scriptures הנבואה , "the prophecy" F7 R. Eliahu in Adderet apud Trigland. de Sect Karaeorum, c. 10. p. 153. , by way of eminence, and from the subject matter of the sacred word: came not in old time by the will of man ; was not brought into the world at first, or in any period of time, as and when man would, according to his pleasure, and as he thought fit: neither Moses, nor David, nor... read more

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