2 Peter 1:14

1:14 since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, ¹  because ²  our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me. ³ 

2 Peter 2:3

2:3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their ⁴  condemnation pronounced long ago ⁵  is not sitting idly by; ⁶  their ⁷  destruction is not asleep.

2 Peter 2:21

2:21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them.

2 Peter 3:4

3:4 and saying, ⁸  “Where is his promised return? ⁹  For ever since ¹⁰  our ancestors ¹¹  died, ¹²  all things have continued as they were ¹³  from the beginning of creation.”

2 Peter 3:7

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. ¹⁴ 

2 Peter 3:18

3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge ¹⁵  of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on ¹⁶  that eternal day. ¹⁷ 

[1:14]  ¹ tn Grk “since I know that the removal of my tabernacle is [coming] soon.”

[1:14]  ² tn Grk “just as.”

[1:14]  ³ 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.

[2:3]  ⁴ tn Grk “to whom,” introducing a subordinate relative clause.

[2:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “the ancient judgment.”

[2:3]  ⁶ tn Grk “is not idle.”

[2:3]  ⁷ tn Greek has “and their.” As introducing a synonymous parallel, it is superfluous in English.

[3:4]  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.

[3:4]  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).

[3:4]  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.).

[3:4]  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.

[3:4]  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.

[3:4]  ¹² tn Grk “thus,” “in the same manner.”

[3:7]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the ungodly people.”

[3:18]  ¹³ tn The term “knowledge” (γνῶσις, gnwsis) used here is not the same as is found in 2 Pet 1:2, 3, 8; 2:20. This term is found in 1:5 and 1:6.

[3:18]  ¹⁴ tn Or “until.”

[3:18]  ¹⁵ tc ‡ The vast bulk of mss add ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”) at the end of this letter, as they do almost all the rest of the NT books (only Acts, James, and 3 John lack a majority of witnesses supporting a concluding ἀμήν). The omission in B 1241 1243 1739* 1881 2298 appears to be original, although the fact that some of the best and earliest Alexandrian witnesses (Ì⁷² א A C P Ψ 33 co), along with the Byzantine text and early versions (vg sy), add the particle renders such a judgment less than iron-clad. NA²⁷ places the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.