2 Peter 3:14-16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Peter 3:11-18

The apostle, having instructed them in the doctrine of Christ's second coming, I. Takes occasion thence to exhort them to purity and godliness in their whole conversation: all the truths which are revealed in scripture should be improved for our advancement in practical godliness: this is the effect that knowledge must produce, or we are never the better for it. If you know these things, happy are you if you do them. Seeing all these things must be dissolved, how holy should we be, that are... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 3:11-14

3:11-14 Since these things are going to be dissolved like that, what kind of people ought you to be, living a life of constant holiness and true piety, you who are eagerly awaiting and doing your best to hasten on the Day of the Lord, by whose action the heavens will burn and be dissolved and the stars blaze and melt! For it is new heavens and a new earth, as he promised, for which we wait, in which righteousness has its home. So, then, beloved, since these are the things for which you... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 3:11-14

There is in this passage still another great conception. Peter speaks of the Christian as not only eagerly awaiting the Coming of Christ but as actually hastening it on. The New Testament tells us certain ways in which this may be done. (i) It may be done by prayer. Jesus taught us to pray: "Thy Kingdom come" ( Matthew 6:10 ). The earnest prayer of the Christian heart hastens the coming of the King. If in no other way, it does so in this--that he who prays opens his own heart for the entry... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 3:15-16

3:15-16 Regard the Lord's willingness to wait as an opportunity of salvation, as indeed our beloved brother Paul has written to us, in the wisdom which has been given to him, and as he says in all his letters, when he touches on these subjects, letters which contain some things which are difficult to understand, things which those who lack knowledge and a firm foundation in the faith twist, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. Peter here cites Paul as teaching... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 3:14

Wherefore, beloved, seeing ye look for these things ,.... For the burning of the heavens and the earth, for the coming of Christ, and for the new heavens and new earth, be diligent that ye may be found of him ; Christ, or αυτω , "in him", as in Philemon 3:9 ; for such as are in Christ will have an undoubted right to the new heavens and the new earth, and will certainly dwell in them, because they will be found not in their own righteousness, but in the righteousness of Christ: or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 3:15

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord ,.... Not his longsuffering towards the wicked, and his forbearance with them, for that is not the means of, nor the way to, nor does it issue in, their salvation, but in their sorer punishment and greater damnation, see Romans 2:4 ; but towards the elect, as in 2 Peter 3:9 ; whom he bears much and long with before conversion, while in their sins, and in a state of unregeneracy, and waits to be gracious to them, as he is in their calling,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 3:16

As also in all his epistles ,.... From whence it appears, that the Apostle Paul had, by this time, wrote several of his epistles, if not all of them; and they were all written according to the same wisdom, and under the influence of the same spirit, as his epistle to the Hebrews: speaking in them of those things ; of the same things, Peter had been speaking of, of the coming of Christ, as that he should appear a second time to them that look for him, and would come as a thief in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:14

Seeing that ye look for such things - As ye profess that such a state of things shall take place, and have the expectation of enjoying the blessedness of it, be diligent in the use of every means and influence of grace, that ye may be found of him - the Lord Jesus, the Judge of quick and dead, without spot - any contagion of sin in your souls, and blameless - being not only holy and innocent, but useful in your lives. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:15

And account that the long-suffering of our Lord - Conclude that God's long-suffering with the world is a proof that he designs men to be saved; even as our beloved brother Paul. "This epistle being written to those to whom the first epistle was sent, the persons to whom the Apostle Paul wrote concerning the long-suffering of God were the Jewish and Gentile Christians in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. Accordingly, we know he wrote to the Ephesians, ( Ephesians 2:3-5 ;), to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:16

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things - Paul, in all his epistles, says Dr. Macknight, has spoken of the things written by Peter in this letter. For example, he has spoken of Christ's coming to judgment; 1 Thessalonians 3:13 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 ; Titus 2:13 . And of the resurrection of the dead, 1 Corinthians 15:22 ; Philemon 3:20 , Philemon 3:21 . And of the burning of the earth; 2 Thessalonians 1:8 . And of the heavenly... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Peter 3:11-18

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 3:11-14

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 3:11-14

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 3:15-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 3:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 3:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 3:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:16

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