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A.Scoffers Ask: Where Is the Promise of His Coming?vv. 1-7

1 Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking 2 by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles. 3 Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4 “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.” 5 But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water, 6 through which the world of that time perished in the flood. 7 And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

B.A Thousand Years as a Day; The Elements Shall Meltvv. 8-13

8 Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance. 10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. 11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness 12 as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat. 13 But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

C.Paul's Hard Sayings, and Growing in Gracevv. 14-18

14 Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight. 15 Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him. 16 He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. 17 Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing. 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

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Chapter summary

The last chapter names the objection: 'in the last days mockers shall come with mockery… saying, Where is the promise of his coming?': all things continue as from the beginning of the creation.

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The last chapter names the objection: 'in the last days mockers shall come with mockery… saying, Where is the promise of his coming?': all things continue as from the beginning of the creation. Peter's answer is the flood: they willfully forget that the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished, and the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire. Delay is scale and mercy: 'one day is with the Lord as a thousand years' (Psalm 90), and 'the Lord is not slack concerning his promise… not wishing that any should perish' (3:9). 'The day of the Lord will come as a thief'. But we look for 'new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness' (Isaiah 65). Paul's letters, he adds, contain 'some things hard to be understood.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Epistle · Peter — 2 Peter overview

  • A. 1–7 Scoffers Ask: Where Is the Promise of His Coming?
  • B. 8–13 A Thousand Years as a Day; The Elements Shall Melt
  • C. 14–18 Paul's Hard Sayings, and Growing in Grace
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  • 2 Peter 34 verses
    • 2 Peter 3:7And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
    • 2 Peter 3:9The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
    • 2 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
    • 2 Peter 3:12as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.
    • Read 2 Peter 3 →
  • 2 Peter 23 verses
    • 2 Peter 2:5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
    • 2 Peter 2:10Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
    • 2 Peter 2:21It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
    • Read 2 Peter 2 →
  • Jude 12 verses
    • Jude 1:17But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ
    • Jude 1:18when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
    • Read Jude 1 →
  • Matthew 242 verses
    • Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
    • Matthew 24:38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
    • Read Matthew 24 →
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    • 1 Peter 2:2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
    • 1 Peter 2:12Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
    • Read 1 Peter 2 →
  • Romans 21 verse
    • Romans 2:4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.