2 Peter 3:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. ”

2 Peter 3:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But the day of the Lord - The day of the Lord Jesus. That is, the day in which he will be manifested. It is called his day, because he will then be the grand and prominent object as the Judge of...
2 Peter 3:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(10) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great (d) noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the...
2 Peter 3:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Moreover the Lord is not really slow to fulfil His promise; He does not reckon time as men reckon. His seeming slowness is not the manifestation of His impotence, but of His long-suffering love ( cf....
2 Peter 3:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

in the night . The texts omit. Compare 1 Thessalonians 5:2 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:4 . with. great noise . with. rushing sound. Greek. rhoizedon. Only here. elements . See Galatians 1:4 ; Gala...
2 Peter 3:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. But the day of the Lord will come. This has been added, that the faithful might be always watching, and not promise to-morrow to themselves. For we all labor under two very different evi...
2 Peter 3:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2428 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT 2 Peter 3:10-14 . The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall m...
2 Peter 3:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works tha...
2 Peter 3:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But the day of the Lord will come— The last great day of general judgment will come, when it is least of all expected. See Matthew 24:43-44 . The passing away of the heavens, here means the same...
2 Peter 3:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens s...
2 Peter 3:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Antidote Against Despising the Day of the Lord. Exhortation. Doxology 2 Peter 3 may be subdivided into three parts: ( a ) 2 Peter 3:1-7 . 'This Second Epistle is a reminder of what prophets and...
2 Peter 3:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The certainty and possible nearness of Christ’s coming is the basis of the preceding warning and of the exhortations which follow. As a thief in the night. — Suddenly and without warning. The word...
2 Peter 3:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 29 "WHAT MANNER OF PERSONS OUGHT YE TO BE?" 2 Peter 3:10-13 THE Apostle, ever earnest to put the brethren in mind of the things they had heard or read, never fails to follow his own pr...
2 Peter 3:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Holy Living and Godliness” 2 Peter 3:10-18 How quickly the great European convulsion broke upon the world in the summer of 1914! Who expected such a sudden burst of the great storm! We are evi...
2 Peter 3:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

False teaching which denies the power of Christ issues in false thinking which denies the Coming of Christ. There will be mockers who will walk in lust and make sport of the great hope of the Church,...
2 Peter 3:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (9) The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men cou...
2 Peter 3:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night ,.... That is, the Lord will come in that day, which he has fixed, according to his promise, than which nothing is more certain; and he will...
2 Peter 3:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works tha...
2 Peter 3:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But Notwithstanding the long-suffering of God; the day of the Lord The day of the consummation of all things, and of final judgment; will come , and that as a thief in the night Because thieve...
2 Peter 3:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter now shows that the government of God will bring everything to a proper conclusion: every evil principle will be judged unsparingly, and those also who embrace such evil; and out of this...
2 Peter 3:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Destruction of the World. A. D. 67. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some...
2 Peter 3:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But the day of the Lord; the day of judgment is here called the day of the Lord by way of eminence, as the great day, Judges 1:6 , and the great day of God Almighty, Revelation 16:14 ,...
2 Peter 3:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reason For Delay And The Final Fulfilment ( 2 Peter 3:8-13 ).
2 Peter 3:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 2 Peter 3:8 . One day , etc.—The time-element gave opportunity to the scoffers. The time-measures of God must not be thought of as like those of men. It is to misre...
2 Peter 3:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Peter 3:10 The Suddenness of the Advent. This truth of the suddenness of the advent of Christ we do not perhaps take sufficiently to heart; but if it be a truth that the second advent of Christ...
2 Peter 3:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Peter 3:1-3 . This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up pour pure minds by way of remembrance: that ye may be mindful of the words which. were spoken before by t...
2 Peter 3:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Grotius, with his usual tartness, contends that this is the beginning of a new epistle by Simon, but not Simon Peter. But if so, why did Peter leave the words at the end of the second chapter unclose...
2 Peter 3:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

The day of the Lord will come as a thief. The day of the Lord I. The text first points us to a period advancing rapidly upon us, in the future; and as such differs from any other which may have...
2 Peter 3:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Peter 3:1 This Second Epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; literally, this Epistle already a second one I write unto you. The ἤδη ("already") implies that the interva...
2 Peter 3:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The answer of St. Peter, showing the certainty of the Lord's return:
2 Peter 3:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 5:5 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:2 ; 2 Corinthians 1:14 ; 2 Peter 3:12 ; 2 Peter 3:7 ; Amos 9:13 ; Amos 9:5 ; Hebrews 1:11 ; Hebrews 1:12 ; Isaiah 2:12 ; Isaiah 51:6 ; Joel 1:15 ; J...
2 Peter 3:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Inexcusable Ignorance 2 Peter 3:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We like the way this chapter opens. The Apostle says, "This Second Epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your...
2 Peter 3:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief — Suddenly, unexpectedly. In which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise — Surprisingly expressed by the very sound of the original word. The e...

2 Peter 3:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Peter 3:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Peter 3:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Peter 3:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Peter 3:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Peter 3:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Peter 3:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 3:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Peter 3:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Peter 3:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Peter 3:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Peter 3:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 3:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Peter 3:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Peter 3:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Peter 3:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 3:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

2 Peter 3:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes