2 Peter - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

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LWB 2 Peter 2:5 Likewise, He did not spare the ancient [antediluvian] world [corrupted by the Nephilim], but preserved Noah, the eighth person, a communicator of imputed righteousness [not a herald of mere morality, but of a relationship with God], when He brought the flood [deluge] upon the world of the ungodly. KW 2 Peter 2:5 And did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah as the eighth person [to be preserved], a proclaimer of righteousness, having let loose the deluge upon the world of those who were destitute of reverential awe towards God, KJV 2 Peter 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS Peter’s second example from the OT is when God did not spare (Gnomic Aorist tense) the antediluvian world that was corrupted by the Nephilim. This was the occasion of the angels who cohabited with the daughters of men and produced children who were halfangel, half-man. This was a satanic attempt to corrupt the physical line of the future Messiah. God protected Noah, the eighth of eight persons to survive the Great Flood. Noah was a communicator of imputed righteousness. Why do I say imputed righteousness? He was not a herald of mere morality; unbelievers can be moral yet still reject Christ. The righteousness Noah preached was the righteousness of God, not man. God preserved Noah when He brought the flood (Dramatic Aorist tense) upon the world of the ungodly. In other words, there were only eight believers left on planet earth at that time. Some commentators think these eight may have been the only “pure” humans left, meaning all the rest of the inhabitants were part angel. I don’t necessarily agree with this theory, but it is interesting nevertheless. RELEVANT OPINIONS Whether the flood was universal or local is not relevant at this point. Of importance is that God pronounced judgment upon the ungodly world and destroyed it with the waters of the flood … The construction of a boat on dry ground afforded numerous opportunities to preach righteousness to the wicked inhabitants of the world. For 120 years Noah built the ark and exhorted the people to repent. Yet no one accepted his teaching, for everyone perished … The seven included Noah’s wife, three sons, and their wives. God spared their lives because they were righteous in His sight. These eight people continued the human race … Yet as God protected believing Noah and his household, so He will spare believers who remain true to the teaching of Scripture. In other words, Peter’s message is designed to exhort and encourage the readers of this epistle. (S. Kistemaker) Men multiplied on the earth for sixteen or seventeen centuries, and then the Flood swept them away as though they had never been. (R. Finlayson) Noah was a preacher of righteousness to the antediluvians, but seemingly with little effect. (A. Pink) Do false teachers today think they can escape God’s judgment because
of their large numbers? (K. Gangel) I rather think that he is called the preacher of righteousness, because he laboured to restore a degenerated world to a sound mind, and this not only by his teaching and godly exhortations, but also by his anxious toil in building the ark for the term of a hundred and twenty years. (J. Calvin) Although the primary reference is to the world of people living before the Flood, the expression also includes the old impersonal world-system which developed during the era between Adam and Noah. In 2 Peter 3:5-7 Peter says that the antediluvian world-system perished, giving way to the present cosmic system in which we now live. (D. Hiebert) One mark of the godly is that they can see that the world is under judgment. (D. Lloyd-Jones) Immediately after the Flood, in order to curtail lawlessness and crime, God gave to man this edict: “Whoso sheds man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man” (Gen. 9:6). It is nonsense today to argue against capital punishment by saying that the Bible says, “Thou shalt not murder.” “Thou shalt not murder” has reference to an individual who harbors hatred in his heart and, expressing his own fleshly feelings in anger or hatred, he slays another human being. My friend, that’s murder. But God has given to governments the authority to execute any man who takes another man’s life. Why? Listen to me for just a moment: You do not show respect for human life by letting off a murderer who has destroyed another human being. You show respect and value for human life when you take the life of a murderer who fails to respect another human being but despises him by killing him for some selfish or sinful reason … We have had many softhearted and softheaded judges in this land, and we are far from God and His Word. Lawlessness has become so bad that the people of California have voted to reinstate capital punishment. Yet it is almost impossible to enforce it because of the godless leaders we have today. They know not God. They know not God’s plan and program. (J. McGee) 2 Peter 2:5 Likewise (adjunctive; example #2), He did not (neg. adv.) spare (fei,domai, AMI3S, Gnomic, Deponent) the ancient (Desc. Gen.; antediluvian) world (Obj. Gen.; corrupted by the Nephilim: half-angel, half-men), but (adversative) preserved (fula,ssw, AAI3S, Dramatic; guarded, protected) Noah (Acc. Dir. Obj.), the eighth person (Acc. Appos.), a communicator (Acc. Appos.; herald) of imputed righteousness (Obj. Gen.; not a herald of mere morality, but of a relationship with God), when He brought the flood (Acc. Dir. Obj.; deluge) upon (evpa,gw, AAPtc.NMS, Dramatic, Temporal) the world (Dat. Disadv.) of the ungodly (Poss. Gen.; impious). BGT 2 Peter 2:5 kai. avrcai,ou ko,smou ouvk evfei,sato avlla. o;gdoon Nw/e dikaiosu,nhj kh,ruka evfu,laxen kataklusmo.n ko,smw| avsebw/n evpa,xaj( VUL 2 Peter 2:5 et originali mundo non pepercit sed octavum Noe iustitiae praeconem custodivit diluvium mundo impiorum inducens
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2 Peter Benjamin W. Brodie April 20
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2 Peter 1:15 Indeed, I will also ma
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2 Peter 2:11 Whereas angels [in hea
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2 Peter 3:6 Through which the world
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among them a deliberate ignorance o
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e our defense - knowledge. Where is
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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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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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