2 Peter 3:8-9

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 3:1-18

False teaching which denies the power of Christ issues in false thinking which denies the Coming of Christ. There will be mockers who will walk in lust and make sport of the great hope of the Church, declaring that things will ever continue as they have continued. To strengthen his readers against this peril, the apostle reminded them of the prophecies, and the commandment of the Lord, and said further that what appears to be delay is due to the long-suffering of God, with whom time does not... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 2 Peter 3:1-18

Inexcusable Ignorance 2 Peter 3:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We like the way this chapter opens. The Apostle says, "This Second Epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance . The child of God often needs to be stirred up to remember. In the first chapter of this Epistle we found that Peter was going to stir up the saints relative to the Lord's Second Coming. He wanted them to keep the Lord's Return constantly in remembrance. Now, he would... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:8

‘But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.’ Note again the use of ‘beloved’. His heart yearns for these saints of God who are resisting the false teachers. And he calls on them not to forget that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as one day. In other words with God there is no limit to His thinking as regards time. A ‘day’ and ‘a thousand years’ are both the same to Him. Time is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:8-13

The Reason For Delay And The Final Fulfilment (2 Peter 3:8-13 ). read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:9

‘The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering towards you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.’ So in view of the fact that what appears to be a large extent of time to us is in fact to God but the passing of a mere day, while in one day He can accomplish what to us would seem to require a thousand years, we need not be surprised that the final anticipated part of His Parousia in openly revealed glory has not... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 3:8-13

2 Peter 3:8-1 Chronicles : . Moreover the Lord is not really slow to fulfil His promise; He “ does not reckon time as men reckon.” His seeming slowness is not the manifestation of His impotence, but of His long-suffering love ( cf. 2 Peter 3:15). His purpose is that time for repentance should be given to all; when the end comes it will be sudden, and there will be no time for repentance then. The fact that all material things will pass away constitutes a call to holy living (we can see here,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Peter 3:8

Be not ignorant of this one thing; i.e. be sure of it: the same word is here used as 2 Peter 3:5; and so he cautions them against the ignorance of scoffers, and to prevent it, would have them certainly know this one thing, which is extant in the Scripture, which foretells Christ’s coming. That one day is with the Lord; the Lord Jesus Christ, of whose coming he speaks. As a thousand years; by a synecdoche, a thousand years is put for any, even the longest revolution of time; and the sense is,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise; i.e. doth not defer the fulfilling of it beyond the appointed time, Isaiah 60:22. As some men count slackness; either the scoffers here mentioned, who, because of Christ’s not yet coming, questioned whether he would come at all, as if God had changed his purpose, or would not fulfil it: or believers themselves, who, through the weakness of their faith, and greatness of their sufferings, might grow into some degree of impatience, and think Christ... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Peter 3:8-13

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES2 Peter 3:8. One day, etc.—The time-element gave opportunity to the scoffers. The time-measures of God must not be thought of as like those of men. It is to misrepresent this verse, to regard it as fixing God’s measure for a day as being a thousand years. To do so would make God’s judgment-day a thousand years long, and the day of Christ’s coming also a thousand years long. The Millennium is a day, if the last sentence of this verse be taken literally.2 Peter 3:9.... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Peter 3:8-9

DISCOURSE: 2427GOD’S FORBEARANCE2 Peter 3:8-9. Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.THE compassion of Almighty God has in all ages been abused by ungodly men, and made an occasion of impenitence and persevering wickedness.... read more

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