2 Peter 1:1 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1-4

The apostle Peter, being moved by the Holy Ghost to write once more to those who from among the Jews were turned to faith in Christ, begins this second epistle with an introduction, wherein the same persons are described and the same blessings are desired that are in the preface to his former letter; but there are some additions or alterations which ought to be taken notice of, in all the three parts of the introduction. I. We have here a description of the person who wrote the epistle, by the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 1:1

1:1 Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, writes this letter to those to whom there has been allotted a faith equal in honour and privilege with our own, through the impartial justice of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ. The letter opens with a very subtle and beautiful allusion for those who have eyes to see it and knowledge enough of the New Testament to grasp it. Peter writes to "those to whom there has been allotted a faith equal in honour and privilege with our own" and... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 1:1

Peter calls himself the servant of Jesus Christ. The word is doulos ( Greek #1401 ) which really means slave. Strange as it may seem, here is a title, apparently one of humiliation, which the greatest of men took as a title of greatest honour. Moses the great leader and lawgiver was the doulos ( Greek #1401 ) of God ( Deuteronomy 34:5 ; Psalms 105:26 ; Malachi 4:4 ). Joshua the great commander was the doulos ( Greek #1401 ) of God ( Joshua 24:29 ). David the greatest of the... read more

John Gill

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

Simon Peter, a servant, and an apostle of Jesus Christ ,.... The writer of this epistle is described first by his names, Simon Peter; the first of these was the name by which he was called from his infancy by his parents, and by which he was known when Christ called him to be a disciple and follower of him, and is the same with Simeon; and so it is read in most copies; see Acts 15:14 a name common with the Jews; the latter is what was given him by Christ at his conversion, John 1:4 , and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter - Symeon, Συμεων , is the reading of almost all the versions, and of all the most important MSS. And this is the more remarkable, as the surname of Peter occurs upwards of seventy times in the New Testament, and is invariably read Σιμων , Simon, except here, and in Acts 15:14 , where James gives him the name of Symeon. Of all the versions, only the Armenian and Vulgate have Simon. But the edit. princ., and several of my own MSS. of the Vulgate, write Symon; and Wiclif has... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 1:1

Verse 1 1.Simon Peter. Prayer takes the first place at the beginning of this Epistle, and then follows thanksgiving, by which he excites the Jews to gratitude, lest they should forget what great benefits they had already received from God's hand. Why he called himself the servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, we have elsewhere stated, even because no one is to be heard in the Church, except he speaks as from the mouth of Christ. But the word servant has a more general meaning, because it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1-4

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 1:1

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 1:1

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 1:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 1:1-4

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