2 Peter 1

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter. "Symeon" seems to be the best-supported spelling in this place. The same form of the name is found in Luke 2:25 and Acts 13:1 ; it also occurs in Acts 15:14 , where St. James refers to St. Peter's speech on the great question of the circumcision of Gentile Christians. It is the form always used in the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament. The old man's thoughts go back to his early years; he describes himself by the familiar name of his youth; he uses that Greek... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1

Peter's primacy. We have, in the career and the fame of St. Peter, an extraordinary instance of a man rising from obscurity to renown. A Galilaean fisherman became the leader of the college of apostles, and has for centuries been acknowledged by the whole of Christendom as one of its inspired teachers and counselors; whilst by a great part of Christendom Peter has been regarded as the chief human head and ruler of the Church, first in his own person, and afterwards by those considered to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1-2

Divine blessing by human channels. I. THE TYPE OF MAN BY WHOM BLESSING COMES TO MAN . No one can take any thoughtful view of the book we call the Bible without learning how largely man is the channel of the Divine thought, the Divine emotion, the Divine grace. "Men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Ghost." And their individual manhood colours and tones their teaching. So that not alone by the writings of men, but by their lives— biographies that cluster round... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1-4

The address. I. ST . PETER 'S DESCRIPTION OF HIMSELF . 1 . His name. He wrote "Peter" simply in the First Epistle; he writes "Symeon Peter" now. Apparently he is writing to the same Churches as before; but it is a Second Epistle, he seems to know more of them—he gives his full name. That name contains the history of his soul: the first tells of his admission into the old covenant by circumcision; the second, of his admission into the new covenant through faith in Jesus... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:2

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you. The order of the words in the Greek is the same as in 1 Peter 1:2 . The exact correspondence should be noticed. The writer of the Second Epistle, if not St. Peter himself, must have been attempting to imitate of set purpose the opening salutation of the First Epistle. Through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord; rather, in the knowledge. The knowledge of God is the sphere in which grace and peace are communicated to the soul; they cannot be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:2-3

Increase of spiritual life dependent on the knowledge of God. Our text strikes the key-note of the Epistle—the need of watchfulness against error. Scripture demands a clear knowledge of revealed truth. On this the maintenance of spiritual life depends; to swerve from Divine truth is to suffer spiritual loss. I. A GREAT INCREASE OF SPIRITUAL BLESSING IS POSSIBLE TO THE BELIEVER . "Grace and peace" we may take as including all spiritual good. Grace is God's part... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:3

According as his Divine power; better, seeing that, as in the Revised Version. The construction is the genitive absolute with ὡς . The words are to be closely connected with 2 Peter 1:2 : "We need not fear, for God has given us all things that are necessary for our salvation; grace and peace will be multiplied unto us, if only we seek the knowledge of God." This is better than, with Huther and others, to make a full stop after 2 Peter 1:2 , and to connect 2 Peter 1:3 and 2 Peter... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:3-4

The bounty of God. The lot of the primitive Christians whom the apostles addressed in their spoken and written utterances must, for the most part, have appeared to ordinary observers far from desirable. Not only were they drawn from the lowly and unconsidered classes of society, but they often had much to endure as a consequence of their reception of the gospel and their fidelity to Christ. Especially did they meet with the contempt of the great, on account of their adhesion to what the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:3-4

The beginning of soul-salvation. These words, read in connection with what immediately follows (specially if we, following Ellicott and Farrar, place a period at the end of the second verse), distinctly predicate certain things about the beginning of soul-salvation. I. GOD HAS GIVEN ALL THINGS NECESSARY for soul-salvation. Note: 1 . The idea of soul-salvation. "Life and godliness." Observe the order. Vitality, then external piety. 2 . The means of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:4

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; rather, as in the Revised Version, whereby he hath granted unto us h is precious and exceeding great promises. Does the word "whereby" ( δἰ ὧν , literally, "through which things") refer to the immediately preceding words, "glory and virtue"? or is its antecedent to be found in the more distant "all things which pertain unto life and godliness"? Both views are possible. God first granted unto us all things necessary for... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:3-4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:3-4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:4

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