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2 Pedro 3:1
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Amados, esta es ya la segunda carta que os escribo, en las cuales, como recordatorio, despierto en vosotros vuestro sincero entendimiento,
Peter 3:2"> 2 Para que tengis memoria de las palabras que antes han sido dichas por los santos profetas, y de nuestro mandamiento, que somos apstoles del Seor y Salvador: Peter 3:3"> 3 Sabiendo primero esto, que en los postrimeros das vendrn burladores, andando segn sus propias concupiscencias, Peter 3:4"> 4 Y diciendo: Dnde est la promesa de su advenimiento? porque desde el da en que los padres durmieron, todas las cosas permanecen as como desde el principio de la creacin. Peter 3:5"> 5 Cierto ellos ignoran voluntariamente, que los cielos fueron en el tiempo antiguo, y la tierra que por agua y en agua est asentada, por la palabra de Dios; Peter 3:6"> 6 Por lo cual el mundo de entonces pereci anegado en agua: Peter 3:7"> 7 Mas los cielos que son ahora, y la tierra, son conservados por la misma palabra, guardados para el fuego en el da del juicio, y de la perdicin de los hombres impos. Peter 3:8"> 8 Mas, oh amados, no ignoris esta una cosa: que un da delante del Seor es como mil aos y mil aos como un da. Peter 3:9"> 9 El Seor no tarda su promesa, como algunos la tienen por tardanza; sino que es paciente para con nosotros, no queriendo que ninguno perezca, sino que todos procedan al arrepentimiento. Peter 3:10"> 10 Mas el da del Seor vendr como ladrn en la noche; en el cual los cielos pasarn con grande estruendo, y los elementos ardiendo sern deshechos, y la tierra y las obras que en ella estn sern quemadas. Peter 3:11"> 11 Pues como todas estas cosas han de ser deshechas, qu tales conviene que vosotros seis en santas y pas conversaciones, Peter 3:12"> 12 Esperando y apresurndoos para la venida del da de Dios, en el cual los cielos siendo encendidos sern deshechos, y los elementos siendo abrasados, se fundirn? Peter 3:13"> 13 Bien que esperamos cielos nuevos y tierra nueva, segn sus promesas, en los cuales mora la justicia. Peter 3:14"> 14 Por lo cual, oh amados, estando en esperanza de estas cosas, procurad con diligencia que seis hallados de l sin mcula, y sin reprensin, en paz. Peter 3:15"> 15 Y tened por salud la paciencia de nuestro Seor; como tambin nuestro amado hermano Pablo, segn la sabidura que le ha sido dada, os ha escrito tambin; Peter 3:16"> 16 Casi en todas sus epstolas, hablando en ellas de estas cosas; entre las cuales hay algunas difciles de entender, las cuales los indoctos inconstantes tuercen, como tambin las otras Escrituras, para perdicin de s mismos. Peter 3:17"> 17 As que vosotros, oh amados, pues estis amonestados, guardaos que por el error de los abominables no seis juntamente extraviados, y caigis de vuestra firmeza. Peter 3:18"> 18 Mas creced en la gracia y conocimiento de nuestro Seor y Salvador Jesucristo. A l sea gloria ahora y hasta el da de la eternidad. Amn.
Carsimos, yo os escribo ahora esta segunda carta, por la cual despierto con exhortacin vuestro limpio entendimiento;
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
second epistle: 2 Corinthians 13:2, 1 Peter 1:1, 1 Peter 1:2
I stir: 2 Peter 1:13-15, 2 Timothy 1:6
pure: Psalms 24:4, Psalms 73:1, Matthew 5:8, 1 Timothy 5:22, 1 Peter 1:22
way: 2 Peter 1:12
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 8:2 - remember Deuteronomy 11:18 - ye lay up John 20:30 - General John 21:17 - Feed Acts 2:42 - they Acts 11:16 - remembered Romans 15:15 - as Philippians 3:1 - To write Philippians 4:8 - are pure 1 Timothy 4:6 - thou put Titus 3:1 - Put Hebrews 2:1 - we should Revelation 3:3 - Remember
Gill's Notes on the Bible
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you,.... This is a transition to another part of the epistle; for the apostle having largely described false teachers, the secret enemies of the Christian religion under a profession of it, passes on to take notice of the more open adversaries and profane scoffers of it; and from their ridicule of the doctrine of Christ's second coming, he proceeds to treat of that, and of the destruction of the world, and the future happiness of the saints: he calls this epistle his "second epistle", because he had written another before to the same persons; and that the author of this epistle was an apostle, is evident from 2 Peter 3:2; and which, compared with 2 Peter 1:18 shows him to be the Apostle Peter, whose name it bears, and who was an eyewitness to the transfiguration of Christ on the mount, Matthew 17:1: he addresses these saints here, as also in 2 Peter 3:8, under the character of "beloved"; because they were the beloved of God, being chosen by him according to his foreknowledge, and regenerated by him, according to his abundant mercy; and were openly his people, and had obtained mercy from him, and like precious faith with the apostles; and were also the beloved of Christ, being redeemed by him, not with gold and silver, but with his precious blood; for whom he suffered, and who were partakers of his sufferings, and the benefits arising from them, and who had all things given them by him, pertaining to life and godliness, and exceeding great and precious promises; and were likewise beloved by the apostle, though strangers, and not merely as Jews, or because they were his countrymen, but because they were the elect of God, the redeemed of Christ, and who were sanctified by the Spirit, and had the same kind of faith he himself had. The Syriac and Arabic versions read, "my beloved"; and the Ethiopic version, "my brethren": his end in writing both this and the former epistle follows;
in [both] which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance; that this was his view both in this and the former epistle, appears from 1 Peter 1:13; he calls their minds pure; not that they were so naturally, for the minds and consciences of men are universally defiled with sin; nor are the minds of all men pure who seem to be so in their own eyes, or appear so to others; nor can any man, by his own power or works, make himself pure from sin; only the blood of Christ purges and cleanses from it; and a pure mind is a mind sprinkled with that blood, and which receives the truth as it is in Jesus, in the power and purity of it, and that holds the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. Some versions, as the Vulgate Latin and Arabic, render the word "sincere", as it is in Philippians 1:10; and may design the sincerity of their hearts in the worship of God, in the doctrines of Christ, and to one another, and of the grace of the Spirit of God in them; as that their faith was unfeigned, their hope without hypocrisy, and their love without dissimulation, and their repentance real and genuine; but yet they needed to be stirred up by way of remembrance, both of the truth of the Gospel, and the duties of religion; for saints are apt to be forgetful of the word, both of its doctrines and its exhortations; and it is the business of the ministers of the word to put them in mind of them, either by preaching or by writing; and which shows the necessity and usefulness of the standing ministry of the Gospel: the particulars he put them in mind of next follow.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you - This expression proves that he had written a former epistle, and that it was addressed to the same persons as this. Compare Introduction, Section 3.
In both which I stir up your pure minds ... - That is, the main object of both epistles is the same - to call to your remembrance important truths which you have before heard, but which you are in danger of forgetting, or from which you are in danger of being turned away by prevailing errors. Compare the notes at 2 Peter 1:12-15. The word rendered “pure” (εἰλικρινής eilikrinēs) occurs only here and in Philippians 1:10, where it is rendered “sincere.” The word properly refers to “that which may be judged of in sunshine;” then it means “clear, manifest;” and then “sincere, pure” - as that in which there is no obscurity. The idea here perhaps is, that their minds were open, frank, candid, sincere, rather than that they were “pure.” The apostle regarded them as “disposed” to see the truth, and yet as liable to be led astray by the plausible errors of others. Such minds need to have truths often brought fresh to their remembrance, though they are truths with which they had before been familiar.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER III.
The apostle shows his design in writing this and the preceding
epistle, 1, 2.
Describes the nature of the heresies which should take place in
the last times, 3-8.
A thousand years with the Lord are but as a day, 9.
He will come and judge the world as he has promised, and the
heavens and the earth shall be burnt up, 10.
How those should live who expect these things, 11, 12.
Of the new heavens and the new earth, and the necessity of being
prepared for this great change, 13, 14.
Concerning some difficult things in St. Paul 's epistles,
15, 16.
We must watch against the error of the wicked, grow in grace,
and give all glory to God, 17, 18.
NOTES ON CHAP. III.
Verse 2 Peter 3:1. This second epistle — In order to guard them against the seductions of false teachers, he calls to their remembrance the doctrine of the ancient prophets, and the commands or instructions of the apostles, all founded on the same basis.
He possibly refers to the prophecies of Enoch, as mentioned by Jude, Jude 1:14-15; of David, Psalms 100:0; Psalms 1:1, c. and of Daniel, Daniel 12:2, relative to the coming of our Lord to judgment: and he brings in the instructions of the apostles of Christ, by which they were directed how to prepare to meet their God.
