2 Peter 1:17

1:17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when that ¹  voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory: “This is my dear Son, in whom I am delighted.” ² 

2 Peter 3:12

3:12 while waiting for and hastening ³  the coming of the day of God? ⁴  Because of this day, ⁵  the heavens will be burned up and ⁶  dissolve, and the celestial bodies ⁷  will melt away in a blaze! ⁸ 

¹ tn Grk “such a.” The pronoun τοιᾶσδε (toiasde) most likely refers to what follows, connoting something of the uniqueness of the proclamation.

² tn The verb εὐδόκησα (eudokhsa) in collocation with εἰς ὅν (ei" Jon) could either mean “in whom I am well-pleased, delighted” (in which case the preposition functions like ἐν [en]), or “on whom I have set my favor.”

³ tn Or possibly, “striving for,” but the meaning “hasten” for σπουδάζω (spoudazw) is normative in Jewish apocalyptic literature (in which the coming of the Messiah/the end is anticipated). Such a hastening is not an arm-twisting of the divine volition, but a response by believers that has been decreed by God.

⁴ sn The coming of the day of God. Peter elsewhere describes the coming or parousia as the coming of Christ (cf. 2 Pet 1:16; 3:4). The almost casual exchange between “God” and “Christ” in this little book, and elsewhere in the NT, argues strongly for the deity of Christ (see esp. 1:1).

⁵ tn Grk “on account of which” (a subordinate relative clause in Greek).

⁶ tn Grk “being burned up, will dissolve.”

⁷ tn See note in v. 10 on “celestial bodies.”

⁸ tn Grk “being burned up” (see v. 10).