2 Peter - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

for (prosdoka,w, PAPtc.NMP, Durative, Causal) these things
(Acc. Dir. Obj.; signs of the coming of the day of the
Lord), be diligent (spouda,zw, AAImp.2P, Ingressive, Command;
by doctrinal inculcation) to be found (eu`ri,skw, APInf.,
Culminative, Result) by Him (Dat. Agency) spotless (Pred.
Nom.; supergrace A status) and (connective) blameless (Pred.
Nom.; supergrace B status), in prosperity (Loc. Sph.; ultrasupergrace
status).
BGT 2 Peter 3:14 Dio,( avgaphtoi,( tau/ta prosdokw/ntej spouda,sate a;spiloi kai. avmw,mhtoi
auvtw/| eu`reqh/nai evn eivrh,nh|
VUL
2 Peter 3:14 propter quod carissimi haec expectantes satis agite inmaculati et inviolati ei
inveniri in pace
LWB 2 Peter 3:15 Moreover, keep on regarding the longsuffering [patient
endurance] of our Lord as deliverance [an opportunity for reversion recovery], just
as our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him,
KW 2 Peter 3:15 And the long-suffering of our Lord, consider it as salvation, just as our
beloved brother Paul according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,
KJV 2 Peter 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved
brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS
In addition to your aspirations to be found by the Lord upon His return in a state of
spiritual maturity, keep on regarding His longsuffering and patient endurance towards
you (Imperative of Command) as an opportunity for temporal deliverance. This means if
you are one of those believers who finds himself in reversionism, use the Lord’s patience
as an opportunity to acknowledge your sins and recover from reversionism. As long as
you are alive and He has not returned, you still have the possibility of recovering and
resuming your spiritual life. Don’t waste this golden opportunity! And now that Peter is
about to close this epistle, he calls on the authority of another apostle who has taught the
same doctrines: their beloved brother, Paul. He wrote to them earlier (Epistolary Aorist
tense) on similar topics according to the wisdom given to him (Constative Aorist tense)
by God. Peter is confident that Paul would “second his motion” on these warnings and
commands.
RELEVANT OPINIONS
God’s patience results in granting His people a period of extended grace … In the parable of
Luke 15:11-32, the father did not go to that distant land where his son herded pigs for a
Gentile farmer. If he had gone there and invited his son to come home, he would have had no
guarantee of receiving an affirmative reply. Instead, the father waited patiently for the son to
come to his senses, to confess his sins to God, to come home of his own accord, and to be
reconciled. The patience of the waiting father was amply rewarded. (S. Kistemaker) It is a