2 Pedro 3
Hilary of Arles · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
2 Pedro 3:1
Peter makes a point of mentioning that this is his second letter, so that the recipients will not doubt its authenticity. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 3:3
Here Peter prophesies what will happen in the future, for we must always remember that there are prophets in the New Testament too. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 3:4
People were talking this way as if the flood had never occurred and as if fire had never come down from heaven in the past. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 3:5
The whole creation is basically formed out of water, even if it is solidified in the form of earth or elevated in the way that heaven is. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 3:8
Just as a man works for a day and afterwards remembers what he has done, so God does not forget even after a thousand years. It may be a long time before he gets round to punishing sinners, but when he does so he uses his power in a single instant. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 3:11
As you wait for the end of all things, you must live holy lives according to the three laws—the Old Testament, the New Testament and the law of nature—and you must keep faith in the Trinity, which is the law of godliness. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 3:12
You are waiting for the end as the virgins waited for the bridegroom. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 3:14
When he returns, Christ wants to find you spotless in your faith and uncorrupted in the chastity of your body. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 3:15
Note that Paul wrote to them not according to the wisdom which he possessed but according to the wisdom which was given to him specifically for that purpose. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 3:16
Peter says this because he himself was overwhelmed by Paul's brilliance. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 3:18
Grow in the faith which is yours by baptism and in the knowledge which comes from putting that faith into practice. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER