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Text -- 2 Peter 3:1-14 (NET)
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The False Teachers’ Denial of the Lord’s Return
3:1 Dear friends , this is already the second letter I have written you , in which I am trying to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder :
3:2 I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles .
3:3 Above all , understand this : In the last days blatant scoffers will come , being propelled by their own evil urges
3:4 and saying , “Where is his promised return ? For ever since our ancestors died , all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation .”
3:5 For they deliberately suppress this fact , that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water .
3:6 Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water .
3:7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire , by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly .
3:8 Now , dear friends , do not let this one thing escape your notice , that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day .
3:9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise , as some regard slowness , but is being patient toward you , because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance .
3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief ; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise , and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze , and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare .
3:11 Since all these things are to melt away in this manner , what sort of people must we be , conducting our lives in holiness and godliness ,
3:12 while waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God ? Because of this day , the heavens will be burned up and dissolve , and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze !
3:13 But , according to his promise , we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth , in which righteousness truly resides .
Exhortation to the Faithful
3:14 Therefore , dear friends , since you are waiting for these things , strive to be found at peace , without spot or blemish , when you come into his presence.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
PETER, THE SECOND EPISTLE OF |
Jesus, The Christ |
HEAVENS, NEW (AND EARTH, NEW) |
PAROUSIA |
Day |
Earth |
PETER, SIMON |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V |
Judgment |
Infidelity |
Geology |
Beloved |
Fear of God |
Heaven |
Holiness |
JUDE, THE EPISTLE OF |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
God |
DAY OF THE LORD (YAHWEH) |
Nuclear War |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> 2Pe 3:1; 2Pe 3:1; 2Pe 3:1; 2Pe 3:2; 2Pe 3:2; 2Pe 3:2; 2Pe 3:2; 2Pe 3:3; 2Pe 3:3; 2Pe 3:3; 2Pe 3:4; 2Pe 3:4; 2Pe 3:4; 2Pe 3:4; 2Pe 3:4; 2Pe 3:4; 2Pe 3:5; 2Pe 3:5; 2Pe 3:5; 2Pe 3:6; 2Pe 3:7; 2Pe 3:8; 2Pe 3:9; 2Pe 3:9; 2Pe 3:9; 2Pe 3:9; 2Pe 3:10; 2Pe 3:10; 2Pe 3:10; 2Pe 3:10; 2Pe 3:10; 2Pe 3:10; 2Pe 3:10; 2Pe 3:10; 2Pe 3:11; 2Pe 3:11; 2Pe 3:11; 2Pe 3:11; 2Pe 3:11; 2Pe 3:12; 2Pe 3:12; 2Pe 3:12; 2Pe 3:12; 2Pe 3:12; 2Pe 3:12; 2Pe 3:13; 2Pe 3:13; 2Pe 3:13; 2Pe 3:14; 2Pe 3:14; 2Pe 3:14
NET Notes: 2Pe 3:1 Or “I have stirred up, aroused.” The translation treats the present tense verb as a conative present.
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NET Notes: 2Pe 3:2 Holy prophets…apostles. The first chapter demonstrated that the OT prophets were trustworthy guides (1:19-21) and that the NT apostles were also...
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NET Notes: 2Pe 3:6 The antecedent is ambiguous. It could refer to the heavens, the heavens and earth, or the water and the word. If the reference is to the heavens, the ...
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NET Notes: 2Pe 3:8 The same verb, λανθάνω (lanqanw, “escape”) used in v. 5 is found here (there, translated “suppres...
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NET Notes: 2Pe 3:9 Grk “reach to repentance.” Repentance thus seems to be a quantifiable state, or turning point. The verb χωρέω (cw...
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NET Notes: 2Pe 3:10 One of the most difficult textual problems in the NT is found in v. 10. The reading εὑρεθήσετα_...
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