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KJV 2 Peter 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS The scoffers of the last days denigrate eschatology and hamartiology. They make fun of Bible prophecy, saying: Where is the promise of His coming at the 2 nd advent? In other words, we’ve been hearing about prophetic events for centuries but He still hasn’t returned. There’s no sign that we will see him during our lifetime. And in conjunction with this denial of His return at the 2 nd advent, they will also make fun of hamartiology. They deny that there will be a future evaluation of believers (at the Judgment Seat of Christ) as well as a future judgment of unbelievers (at the Great White Throne). Their argument is: “All things continue as always in status quo (Durative Present tense) since the time of the creation.” In their minds, since the patriarchs have died, the age of miracles has died out. Nothing has changed for hundreds of years. Their vision of reality: God is finished and has left us to our own devices. He’s not coming back. So, their philosophy for everyone, believers and unbelievers alike, was “eat, drink, and be merry,” because there will be no consequences for our behavior on earth. The same will be true of future false teachers. Following Satan’s thought process, they will relegate human history to the dustbin, as though it has no meaning beyond going to heaven some day. There is no plan of God, no purpose in living a spiritual life, and no rewards or punishment some day in the future as taught by the ancient fathers for years. Some commentators are of the opinion that the parousia in this passage is a reference to the rapture (Zuck, Pentecost) rather than the 2 nd advent (McGee, Walvoord). “Fell asleep” is a metaphor for physical death. RELEVANT OPINIONS The main charge of 3:4, that the promise of Christ’s coming is mute because the parousia did not come during the lifetime of the first generation of Christians, is refuted in 3:8-13. (D. Watson) The revelation of the second coming of Christ is one of the most important and most frequently mentioned doctrines of the New Testament. One out of every twenty-five verses in the New Testament refers either to the rapture of the church or to Christ’s second coming to reign over the world. Though it is not always possible to distinguish references to Christ’s coming for the church from references to His coming to establish His earthly kingdom, there are many passages which clearly present a premillennial coming at the close of the great tribulation to judge the world and to bring in the righteous reign of the King. Approximately twenty major references are found in the New Testament alone (Matt. 19:28, 23:39, 24:3-25; Mark 13:24-37; Luke 12:35-48, 17:22-37, 18:8, 21:25-28; Acts 1:10-11, 15:16-18; Rom. 11:25-27; 1 Cor. 11:26; 2 Thess. 1:7-10; 2 Peter 3:3-4; Jude 1:14-15; Rev. 1:7-8, 2:25-28, 16:15, 19:11-21, 22:20). (J. Walvoord) The “fathers” to whom they make reference are likely to be the patriarchs of Israel. It is highly unlikely that Christian “fathers” would be involved. (W. Baker) This is the view that the cosmic processes of the present and the future can be understood solely on the basis of how the cosmos has operated in the past. There is almost an incipient deism here which rules
out divine intervention in the universal order. In a universe governed by natural laws, miracles, mockers argue, simply cannot happen. Therefore they say Jesus Christ could not come again. (K. Gangel) It ought always to be borne in mind, that the world stands through no other power than that of God’s Word, and that therefore inferior or secondary causes derive from Him their power, and produce different effects as they are directed. (J. Calvin) The prophecy in the OT of Christ’s coming was to establish His kingdom upon the earth; the prophecy in the NT of His coming was first to take His church out of the world and then to come to establish His kingdom upon the earth. (J. McGee) Arrogantly they deny that the judgment day will come. They repudiate the message that they must give an account of their words and deeds. (S. Kistemaker) The scoffers are indicative of our tendency to despair of the promises of God when God does not respond to our pleas within the time span we have set as reasonable or convenient. We would like God’s help, insight, power, and strength when we want it, not when God in sovereignty deems it appropriate. (D. Watson) The question implies that it is nowhere, has passed away and disappeared. (H. Alford) The scoffer judges everything by appearance. He looks abroad upon the world in these last days, and he hears the proud boastfulness of the age, and concludes that the promise of the return of Christ is a figment of his imagination. He sees no sign of the opening heaven and no sound of the voice of the returning Lord. (T. Westwood) It cannot be argued from the stability of the world that God will not interrupt its steady rhythm. (D. Wheaton) 2 Peter 3:4 Even (ascensive) saying (le,gw, PAPtc.NMP, Static, Circumstantial): Where (adv.) is (eivmi, PAI3S, Descriptive) the promise (Pred. Nom.) of His (Poss. Gen.) coming (Gen. Time; 2 nd advent)? For (explanatory) since (temporal) the fathers (Subj. Nom.) died (koima,omai, API3P, Culminative; when the promise was given), all things (Subj. Nom.) continue (diame,nw, PAI3S, Durative) in the same manner as (adv.; unchanged, status quo) from the beginning (Adv. Gen. Time) of the creation (Adv. Gen. Ref.). BGT 2 Peter 3:4 kai. le,gontej\ pou/ evstin h` evpaggeli,a th/j parousi,aj auvtou/È avfV h-j ga.r oi` pate,rej evkoimh,qhsan( pa,nta ou[twj diame,nei avpV avrch/j kti,sewjÅ VUL 2 Peter 3:4 dicentes ubi est promissio aut adventus eius ex quo enim patres dormierunt omnia sic perseverant ab initio creaturae LWB 2 Peter 3:5 Indeed, because they [the scoffers] continually desire it [unchanging history with no prospect of future evaluation], this escapes their attention: that long ago, by the Word of God [Jesus Christ], the heavens [atmosphere] came into existence and the earth, existing as part water [before they were accumulated in one place], also [came into existence] by means of water, KW 2 Peter 3:5 For concerning this they willfully forget that heavens existed from ancient times, and land [standing] out of water, and by means of water cohering by the word of God,
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2 Peter Benjamin W. Brodie April 20
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necessary to see the Lord with our
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LWB 2 Peter 1:2 Grace to you and pr
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stress on knowledge. The more we re
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can really know Him ... Greater kno
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“world system” because Satan ha
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Because we are in union with Christ
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trembling endeavors by the side of
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TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS Peter contin
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which whosoever lives is counted de
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doctrine in daily life, the more th
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He who is not adding to his knowled
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very moment that Christ is received
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LWB 2 Peter 1:11 For in this manner
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2 Peter 1:11 For (explanatory) in t
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VUL 2 Peter 1:12 propter quod incip
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eality” that Peter could choose b
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continual application (poie,w, PMIn
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KJV 2 Peter 1:17 For he received fr
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(K. Gangel) He means the entire Wor
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as they were borne on by the Holy S
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keeping them from sin and error. (S
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[of true doctrine] destructive here
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possibilities of our becoming "lose
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The sovereign grace of God which ac
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A clear meaning of agorazo stands o
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