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spiritual life] nor unfruitful [unproductive] with reference to the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. KW 2 Peter 1:8 For if these things are your natural and rightful possession, and are in superabundance, they so constitute you that you are not idle nor unfruitful in the experiential knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, KJV 2 Peter 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS Peter’s list of fruit (Latin: fructose) or characteristics should be in the possession of every believer (Gnomic Present tense). He uses two conditional participles in the first phrase, which can be translated with an “if.” The idea is that “if” these things are in your possession and “if” they exist with increasing abundance over time, then you have confirmatory evidence (Gnomic Present tense) that you are not inactive in the spiritual life. The conditional participle has an element of potentiality which depends on your positive volition towards Bible doctrine and the Christian life in general. It also has the idea of divine norms and standards which “should” be met by every believer. God did not design the spiritual life for a special class of believers; He designed it for every believer. We are expected to live in His divine system by using His divine tools which He has graciously given us. We are expected to be active spiritually and to produce fruit. There is a subtle “wish” or “desire” on the part of the Lord that you will want to fulfill His plan for your life by living in His divine system. This is what is called a 4 th class conditional clause: “I wish or hope that you will do so.” It is legitimate to translate this as a 3 rd class conditional clause, “maybe you will, or maybe you won’t.” It is also legitimate to translate it as a 4 th class conditional clause. If I could figure out a way to communicate both in the same sentence, I would do so. That idea would sound something like this: “It is My wish that you will have these things in your possession and that they will exist with increasing abundance as you mature spiritually, but I realize that because I left the issue in your hands, maybe you will continue to execute My plan in the divine system I have given to you and maybe you won’t. But if you do, these things will confirm that you are not idle and unfruitful in the spiritual life.” Since this combination of 3 rd and 4 th class conditions is so wordy, I leave my translation as a 4 th class condition using “should” instead of “if.” The idea of “possession” is Gnomic, because you should have these things in your possession. The idea of “continuing to increase abundantly” is Progressive, because the idea for you to continue to grow spiritually day-after-day. If you do maintain consistent forward momentum in the Christian way of life, these things will definitely exist and confirm your progress along the way (Gnomic Present tense). They will prove to yourself (and perhaps to others) that you are not unproductive with reference to the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. The word “epignosis” means your knowledge of our Lord will continue to grow accordingly. The more you execute His plan, the more you metabolize and apply Bible
doctrine in daily life, the more these characteristics will abound in your life and the deeper your knowledge (Latin: cognition) and fellowship will be with the Lord. RELEVANT OPINIONS These graces must be made our own; they must be wrought into our characters; then they will increase and multiply, for the grace of God cannot lie still, it must ever be advancing from glory to glory. (B. Caffin) There is no excuse for resting content with present attainment. Lack of spiritual growth is a sign of spiritual death. Nor is there any room for indolence and the slackening of effort; otherwise the Christian becomes like the wheat choked by weeds (the cares, riches and pleasures of life) which produces no fruit. (M. Green) Accordingly verse 8 simply means that in this process of edification the foundational knowledge will not fail to produce fruit. (G. Clark) Verse 2 and 3 show that the Christian progress begins with epignosis and is in epignosis. Epignosis is the germ which makes progress possible, and is developed by the progress, but is not here represented as the goal to which the progress tends. (C. Bigg) A lazy indifference to or disparagement of this knowledge of “our Lord” is fundamentally opposed to the very nature of the Christian life. (D. Hiebert) The things listed in 5-7 do not come about in a day, and in order to abound they must increase. All diligence will produce abundance; and the greater the abundance, the more evident it is that we are not barren ... Peter also wants his readers to be fortified with genuine (epignosis) knowledge in order to resist the invasion of error that is impending. (R. Lenski) 2 Peter 1:8 For (explanatory) these things (Subj. Nom.; spiritual fruit) should be in your (Gen. Poss.) possession (u`pa,rcw, PAPtc.NNP, Gnomic, Conditional; exist, at your disposal, they are yours positionally) and (continuative) should exist with increasing abundance (pleona,zw, PAPtc.NNP, Progressive, Conditional ; continue to grow and abound as you mature spiritually). They confirm that you are (kaqi,sthmi, PAI3S, Gnomic; constitute) by no means (neg. Adv.) idle (Noncompl. Acc.; inactive in the spiritual life) nor (neg. Conj.) unfruitful (Noncompl. Acc.; unproductive) with reference to the full knowledge (Acc. Gen. Ref.; epignosis) of our (Gen. Rel.) Lord Jesus Christ (Obj. Gen.). BGT 2 Peter 1:8 tau/ta ga.r u`mi/n u`pa,rconta kai. pleona,zonta ouvk avrgou.j ouvde. avka,rpouj kaqi,sthsin eivj th.n tou/ kuri,ou h`mw/n VIhsou/ Cristou/ evpi,gnwsin\ VUL 2 Peter 1:8 haec enim vobis cum adsint et superent non vacuos nec sine fructu vos constituent in Domini nostri Iesu Christi cognitione LWB 2 Peter 1:9 But to the person in whom these things [spiritual fruit] are not present [at his disposal], he is spiritually blind [in reversionism], short-sighted [completely disoriented from the plan of God], having long ago [due to locked-in negative volition] received forgetfulness [unable to use even the most basic problem-
Page 1 and 2: 2 Peter Benjamin W. Brodie April 20
Page 3 and 4: 2 Peter 1:15 Indeed, I will also ma
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 and 26: trembling endeavors by the side of
Page 27 and 28: TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS Peter contin
Page 29: which whosoever lives is counted de
Page 33 and 34: He who is not adding to his knowled
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
Page 71 and 72: infiltration of evil into the belie
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Page 75 and 76: This form of judgment was by “red
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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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