2 Peter 3:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 3:18

But grow in grace - Compare Colossians 1:10. Religion in general is often represented as “grace,” since every part of it is the result of grace, or of unmerited favor; and to “grow in grace” is to increase in that which constitutes true religion. Religion is as susceptible of cultivation and of growth as any other virtue of the soul. It is feeble in its beginnings, like the grain of mustard seed, or like the germ or blade of the plant, and it increases as it is cultivated. There is no piety in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 3:17-18

2 Peter 3:17-18. Therefore, seeing ye know these things before Respecting the coming of the Lord to judgment, in what an awful manner the scene will close, and what dreadful vengeance will be executed on all the wicked, and especially on those that pollute the Church of Christ, into which they have professed to enter; and that scoffers will arise and ridicule the promise of Christ’s coming, as also the danger there is of misunderstanding and misinterpreting the Scriptures, and so of being... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 3:8-18

Reasons for the delay (3:8-18)Some people may wonder why there is such a delay before Christ’s return. The answer is that from God’s point of view there is no delay, since he does not view time according to human standards. Eternity is not time carried on and on indefinitely, but is an entirely different order of things. If there seems to be a delay from the human point of view, it is because God is waiting as long as possible, so that people might realize the seriousness of their sins and turn... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Peter 3:18

grace . App-184 . knowledge . App-132 . Jesus Christ . App-98 . glory . See p. 1511. for ever . App-151 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.In the grace, and in the knowledge ... Quite clearly, both grace and knowledge here are used objectively as progress that the Christian is expected to achieve through diligent application, study and worship. Alford and others understood the "grace" to be that which Christ bestows; but as Caffin said, "Peter insists on the knowledge of Christ as essential for growth in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Peter 3:18

2 Peter 3:18. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge, &c.— "But to help you against all declensions and revolts, let it be your earnest prayer and endeavour, in the use of all proper means, to be progressive in daily exercises and increases of every Christian grace, as also in an abiding sense of the free love and favour of God, according to the gospel; and in a clear, judicial, practical, and experimental acquaintance with the person and offices, doctrines, promises, and commandments of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 3:18

18. grow—Not only do not "fall from" (2 Peter 3:17), but grow onward: the true secret of not going backward. 2 Peter 3:17- :, "Grow up into Him, the Head, Christ." grace and . . . knowledge of . . . Christ—"the grace and knowledge of Christ" [ALFORD rightly]: the grace of which Christ is the author, and the knowledge of which Christ is the object. for ever—Greek, "to the day of eternity": the day that has no end: "the day of the Lord," beginning with the Lord's coming. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Peter 3:17-18

VI. CONCLUSION 3:17-18Peter concluded his epistle with a summary of what he had said and a doxology. He did so to condense his teaching for his readers and to redirect their living to glorify God again. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Peter 3:18

Next he added a positive exhortation (cf. 2 Peter 1:5-10). Rather than being swept away by error, his audience should keep on growing (present imperative in Greek) in God’s grace. They could do so by consciously depending on His resources (His power and promises, 2 Peter 1:3-4) and by growing in the knowledge (Gr. gnosei) of "our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (cf. 2 Peter 1:11; 2 Peter 2:20; 2 Peter 3:2). They could do the latter by getting more intimately acquainted with Him day by day (2... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:1-18

Antidote Against Despising the Day of the Lord. Exhortation. Doxology2 Peter 3 may be subdivided into three parts: (a) 2 Peter 3:1-7. ’This Second Epistle is a reminder of what prophets and apostles have said. Those who would understand it must first know that, though mockers will deny this, there will be an end of the present world by fire, as once it was overwhelmed by water. This will be a day of judgment and destruction for the ungodly. (b) 2 Peter 3:8-13. As for the delay, which induces... read more

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