2 Peter - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

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commonly, earnestness or zeal in performance; at times it is used in contrast to sloth. (D. Hiebert) Fruitfulness is not automatic in the Christian life. Rather, it is the product of applying “all diligence” to the development of a well-rounded, productive Christian character. There are no shortcuts. There are no easy formulas. (Z. Hodges) Each grace being assumed, becomes the stepping-stone to the succeeding grace: the latter in turn completes the former. (R. Jamieson) Spiritual growth is not automatic. It requires cooperation with God and the application of spiritual diligence and discipline ... The word translated “add” really means “to supply generously.” In other words, we develop one quality as we exercise another quality. These graces relate to each other the way the branch relates to the trunk and the twigs to the branch ... It is not enough for the Christian to “let go and let God,” as though spiritual growth were God’s work alone. (W. Wiersbe) Their dissatisfaction with orthodox Christianity, he is suggesting, as a result of which some of them are being attracted by the errorists’ distorted presentation of it, springs in fact from their failure hitherto to make their own proper contribution: little wonder they are finding their faith ineffective. (J. Kelly) 2 Peter 1:5 Indeed (emphatic), for this (Acc. Spec.; very same thing) cause (Causal Acc.; exhibiting glory and virtue as partakers of the divine nature), also (adjunctive; alongside of divine power), having brought to bear (pareisfe,rw, AAPtc.NMP, Constative, Circumstantial; applied) all (Acc. Measure) diligence (Adv. Acc.; effort, believer’s responsibility: momentum in the spiritual life), provide (evpicorhge,w, AAImp.2P, Ingressive, Command; supply, furnish) by means of your (Poss. Gen.) faith (Instr. Means; application of doctrine), virtue (Acc. Dir. Obj.; functional virtue as a result of inner spiritual momentum), and (continuative) alongside of virtue (Dat. Assoc.; functional virtue), knowledge (Acc. Dir. Obj.; gnosis as building material in the soul), BGT 2 Peter 1:5 Kai. auvto. tou/to de. spoudh.n pa/san pareisene,gkantej evpicorhgh,sate evn th/| pi,stei u`mw/n th.n avreth,n( evn de. th/| avreth/| th.n gnw/sin( VUL 2 Peter 1:5 vos autem curam omnem subinferentes ministrate in fide vestra virtutem in virtute autem scientiam LWB 2 Peter 1:6 And alongside of knowledge [teachability], self-control [genuine humility], and alongside of self-control, patient endurance [faith rest drill], and alongside of patient endurance, holiness [filling of the Spirit], KW 2 Peter 1:6 And in the experiential knowledge self-control, and in the self-control patience, and in the patience godliness, KJV 2 Peter 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS Peter continues with a progression in the spiritual life. In the prior verse, gnosis represented the intake of Bible doctrine as raw material for the spiritual life. Gnosis doctrine is the building block of the soul. In order to continue to learn doctrine, you must be teachable. And on top of that teachability, in order to metabolize that raw doctrinal material, you need to be self-controlled. Self-control in the spiritual life is making sure your intellect controls your emotions. It means you must remain a “student without portfolio,” one who hears doctrine accurately taught and says “yes” to the content of the message. Self-control means you don’t argue and fight with a pastor or teacher if you disagree with something he said. You don’t fume and vibrate in your seat, giving him angry looks. Stay cool, calm, and collected; move on to the next message. Self-control also refers to a state of genuine humility. And on top of self-control, add patient endurance. Patient endurance is the exercise of the faith rest drill. And along with the exercise of the faith rest drill, you must be filled with the Spirit. “Holiness” or “piety” is a spiritual state of being filled with the Spirit. When you are not filled with the Spirit, you are in a state of sin and are not “holy” or “pious.” The preposition “en” can mean a number of things in the Greek. It could be instrumental of means or locative of sphere in this context, but I prefer dative of association. Each item that Peter is listing is related to the other items in the spiritual life. They are interdependent, and in some cases one leads to the other in progression; but that isn’t always the case. For example, in the prior verse, “patient endurance” doesn’t lead to the filling of the Spirit (holiness). Rather, they are closely related (association) in the sphere of the Christian way of life, influencing each other - and in some cases, combining - to produce spiritual fruit. RELEVANT OPINIONS The Christian life is a very serious business. However, we have made it sort of an extracurricular activity. The present-day thinking is that it is not something to be taken into the business world or the schoolroom or into social life. Rather, it is something sort of like your Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes which you wear only at certain times. However, Peter said that it is something to which we are to give “all diligence …” Out in the woods two things are happening, things which are actually transfigurations. The vegetation that is living is growing, and the vegetation that is dead is decaying. Those are the two processes which are taking place out there. And one of those processes is taking place in your Christian life and mine. (J. McGee) The cure for false knowledge is not less knowledge, but more … Christian self-control is submission to the control of the indwelling Christ; and by this means mature virtue does become a possibility for men. Once again Peter uses a word which must have cut the false teachers like a whiplash. They claimed that knowledge released them from the need
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Page 5 and 6: 2 Peter 2:11 Whereas angels [in hea
Page 7 and 8: 2 Peter 3:6 Through which the world
Page 9 and 10: among them a deliberate ignorance o
Page 11 and 12: e our defense - knowledge. Where is
Page 13 and 14: necessary to see the Lord with our
Page 15 and 16: LWB 2 Peter 1:2 Grace to you and pr
Page 17 and 18: stress on knowledge. The more we re
Page 19 and 20: can really know Him ... Greater kno
Page 21 and 22: “world system” because Satan ha
Page 23 and 24: Because we are in union with Christ
Page 25: trembling endeavors by the side of
Page 29 and 30: which whosoever lives is counted de
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Page 35 and 36: very moment that Christ is received
Page 37 and 38: LWB 2 Peter 1:11 For in this manner
Page 39 and 40: 2 Peter 1:11 For (explanatory) in t
Page 41 and 42: VUL 2 Peter 1:12 propter quod incip
Page 43 and 44: eality” that Peter could choose b
Page 45 and 46: continual application (poie,w, PMIn
Page 47 and 48: KJV 2 Peter 1:17 For he received fr
Page 49 and 50: APPtc.AFS, Dramatic, Attributive) f
Page 51 and 52: (K. Gangel) He means the entire Wor
Page 53 and 54: as they were borne on by the Holy S
Page 55 and 56: keeping them from sin and error. (S
Page 57 and 58: [of true doctrine] destructive here
Page 59 and 60: possibilities of our becoming "lose
Page 61 and 62: The sovereign grace of God which ac
Page 63 and 64: A clear meaning of agorazo stands o
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Page 69 and 70: Predictive, Deponent; make a quick
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that they are Christians ... Even a
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chose to live in Jordan’s fertile
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In my opinion, Peter returns to the
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occasionally occurs whether we unde
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VUL 2 Peter 2:10 magis autem eos qu
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Three times in as many verses Peter
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scintillating, emotionally stimulat
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as “stains” on the church and
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people through false prophecy for m
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VUL 2 Peter 2:15 derelinquentes rec
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(Latin: turbine) by a gale-force wh
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created them. In some cases, the lu
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comes on the scene without proper t
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The antithesis of freedom-slavery i
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worries.” But these are precisely
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LWB 2 Peter 2:21 By all means, it w
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“way of righteousness.” Their i
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According to the previous verse, th
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Christian turns back to sinful habi
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sense, without falsehoods) mind (Ac
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scoffing of religious truths and pr
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out divine intervention in the univ
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will also be so after the judgment
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We now see how egregiously they err
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2 Peter 3:7 But (contrast) now (Adv
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2 Peter 3:8 But (adversative) do no
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(A. Knoch) While unbelievers surely
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and stubble) and other production.
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The verb ought indicates that a div
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He alone will have the privilege of
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VUL 2 Peter 3:13 novos vero caelos
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most serious thing not to fulfill G
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undisciplined in habits of thought,
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- note that he does not say, “fal
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LWB 2 Peter 3:18 But [rather] keep
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grace) and (connective) the knowled
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2 Peter, Duane F. Watson, The New I
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New Testament Repentance: Repentanc
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