2 Peter 1:12 - Exposition

Wherefore I will net be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things; rather, as in the Revised Version, wherefore I shall be ready. This reading ( μελλήσω ) is better supported than that of the T.R. ( οὐκ ὀμελήσω ) . (For this use of μέλλειν with the infinitive almost as a periphrasis for the future, compare, in the Greek, Matthew 24:6 .) The apostle will take every opportunity of reminding his readers of the truths and duties which he has been describing, and that because faith in those truths and the practice of those duties is the only way to Christ's eternal kingdom. Though ye know them, and be established in the present truth; better, as in the Revised Version, and are established in the truth which is with you. These words seem to imply that St. Peter knew something, through Silvanus (see 1 Peter 5:12 ), of those to whom he was writing; they were not ignorant of the gospel; now they had read his First Epistle, and earlier they had heard the preaching of St. Paul or his companions (comp. Romans 1:13 ). (For the word rendered "established" ( ἐστηριγμένους ), comp. 1 Peter 5:10 ; 2 Peter 3:16 , 2 Peter 3:17 .) St. Peter seems to have kept ever in his thoughts the solemn charge of the Saviour, "When thou art converted, strengthen ( στήριξον ) thy brethren" ( Luke 22:32 ). For "the truth which is with you" ( παρούση ), comp. Colossians 1:6 .