2 Peter 3:11, 2 Peter 3:13 NASB

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

‘Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy manner of living and godliness,’ And what should be the response of believers to these facts? They are to live in the light of its reality by concentrating all their efforts on holy living and godliness. For holy living and godliness are things which will not be part of the heavens and the earth and the works, which will be ‘dissolved’ (luow - ‘set free, break down, demolish, destroy’). They... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:8-13

2 Peter 3:8-1 Chronicles : . Moreover the Lord is not really slow to fulfil His promise; He “ does not reckon time as men reckon.” His seeming slowness is not the manifestation of His impotence, but of His long-suffering love ( cf. 2 Peter 3:15). His purpose is that time for repentance should be given to all; when the end comes it will be sudden, and there will be no time for repentance then. The fact that all material things will pass away constitutes a call to holy living (we can see here,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Peter 3:11

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved; seeing the coming of the Lord will be so terrible, as to bring with it the consumption of the world, and the destruction of these things here below, upon which we are so apt to set our affections. What manner of persons ought ye to be; how prudent, accurate, diligent, zealous, and every way excellent persons! The Greek word is often used by way of admiration of some singular excellency in persons or things, Matthew 8:27; Mark 13:1; Luke... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Peter 3:8-13

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES2 Peter 3:8. One day, etc.—The time-element gave opportunity to the scoffers. The time-measures of God must not be thought of as like those of men. It is to misrepresent this verse, to regard it as fixing God’s measure for a day as being a thousand years. To do so would make God’s judgment-day a thousand years long, and the day of Christ’s coming also a thousand years long. The Millennium is a day, if the last sentence of this verse be taken literally.2 Peter 3:9.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 3:11

2 Peter 3:11 Advent. I. The Apostles lived, and prayed, and laboured in the continual expectation that Christ would come again to them, and speedily, and that this promise would be fulfilled in their own lifetime. Thus He was always at the door of their life; and their attitude was just that in which we listen for every footfall, and watch the door that is soon to open when we are waiting for some honoured and expected visitant. And this eager, hopeful belief of theirs laid its strong hand on... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Peter 3:10-14

DISCOURSE: 2428THE DAY OF JUDGMENT2 Peter 3:10-14. The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 3:1-18

Chapter 3Now Peter said this second epistle,Beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles and of the Lord and Saviour: Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, who are walking after their own lusts ( 2 Peter 3:1-3 ),So he's warned us concerning the false teachers that are going to arise. Now in... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 3:1-18

Grotius, with his usual tartness, contends that this is the beginning of a new epistle by Simon, but not Simon Peter. But if so, why did Peter leave the words at the end of the second chapter unclosed, without either greetings or salutations; an abruptness unknown to the apostles. This notion is too vague for refutation. 2 Peter 3:1-2 . This second epistle is, with one undeviating design, to stir up your pure minds to watchfulness and prayer, and that ye may be mindful of the words of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Peter 3:11-18

2 Peter 3:11-18Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved.Immortality and scienceIt is a singular fact that these words have far more probability of truth than they had a generation ago. Then, the stability of the physical universe was held to be a settled fact of science; it is not so regarded now. If this world and the universe of worlds are to undergo at times such catastrophes as science and Scripture indicate, even to possible destruction, where shall immortal man abide? Physical... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Peter 3:11

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Ver. 11. What manner of men ] ποταπους , even to admiration, quales et quanti, as the word signifies, Mark 13:1 . How accurate, and how elevated above the ordinary strain! In all holy conversation and godliness ] Gr. εν αγιαις αναστροφαις και ευσεβειαις , in holy conversations and godlinesses, in the plural; to show that godliness should run through our... read more

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

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:8-13

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Peter 3:11

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Peter 3:8-13

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 3:11

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Peter 3:10-14

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 3:1-18

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 3:1-18

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Peter 3:11-18

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Peter 3:11

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