2 Peter 1:9

1:9 But ¹  concerning the one who lacks such things ²  – he is blind. That is to say, he is ³  nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins.

2 Peter 1:14

1:14 since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, ⁴  because ⁵  our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me. ⁶ 

2 Peter 3:4

3:4 and saying, ⁷  “Where is his promised return? ⁸  For ever since ⁹  our ancestors ¹⁰  died, ¹¹  all things have continued as they were ¹²  from the beginning of creation.”

2 Peter 1:17

1:17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when that ¹³  voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory: “This is my dear Son, in whom I am delighted.” ¹⁴ 

2 Peter 3:16

3:16 speaking of these things in all his letters. ¹⁵  Some things in these letters ¹⁶  are hard to understand, things ¹⁷  the ignorant and unstable twist ¹⁸  to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures. ¹⁹ 

¹ tn Grk “for.” The connection, though causal, is also adversative.

² tn Grk “to the one for whom these things are not present.”

³ tn The words “that is to say, he is” are not in Greek. The word order is unusual. One might expect the author to have said “he is nearsighted and blind” (as the NIV has so construed it), but this is not the word order in Greek. Perhaps the author begins with a strong statement followed by a clarification, i.e., that being nearsighted in regard to these virtues is as good as being blind.

⁴ tn Grk “since I know that the removal of my tabernacle is [coming] soon.”

⁵ tn Grk “just as.”

⁶ sn When the author says our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me, he is no doubt referring to the prophecy that is partially recorded in John 21:18-19.

⁷ tn The present participle λέγοντες (legontes, “saying”) most likely indicates result. Thus, their denial of the Lord’s return is the result of their lifestyle. The connection to the false teachers of chapter 2 is thus made clear.

⁸ tn Grk “Where is the promise of his coming?” The genitive παρουσίας (parousia", “coming, advent, return”) is best taken as an attributed genitive (in which the head noun, promise, functions semantically as an adjective; see ExSyn 89-91).

⁹ tn The prepositional phrase with the relative pronoun, ἀφ᾿ ἧς (af’ |h"), is used adverbially or conjunctively without antecedent (see BDAG 727 s.v. ὅς 1.k.).

¹⁰ tn Grk “fathers.” The reference could be either to the OT patriarchs or first generation Christians. This latter meaning, however, is unattested in any other early Christian literature.

¹¹ tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer.

¹² tn Grk “thus,” “in the same manner.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “such a.” The pronoun τοιᾶσδε (toiasde) most likely refers to what follows, connoting something of the uniqueness of the proclamation.

¹¹ 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.”

¹³ tn Grk “as also in all his letters speaking in them of these things.”

¹⁴ tn Grk “in which are some things hard to understand.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “which.” The antecedent is the “things hard to understand,” not the entirety of Paul’s letters. A significant principle is seen here: The primary proof texts used for faith and practice ought to be the clear passages that are undisputed in their meaning. Heresy today is still largely built on obscure texts.

¹⁶ tn Or “distort,” “wrench,” “torture” (all are apt descriptions of what heretics do to scripture).

¹⁷ sn This one incidental line, the rest of the scriptures, links Paul’s writings with scripture. This is thus one of the earliest affirmations of any part of the NT as scripture. Peter’s words were prophetic and were intended as a preemptive strike against the heretics to come.