2 Peter 3:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Looking for and hastinga unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? ”

2 Peter 3:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Looking for - Not knowing when this may occur, the mind should be in that state which constitutes “expectation;” that is, a belief that it will occur, and a condition of mind in which we would no...
2 Peter 3:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Looking for and (e) hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? (e) He requires patience from us,...
2 Peter 3:12 - 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 3:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Looking for . App-133. See Luke 3:15 (be in expectation). hasting unto . hastening. Greek. speudo. Elsewhere intransitive. Luke 19:5 . Acts 22:18 . &c. Man can neither hinder nor advance...
2 Peter 3:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12 Looking for and hasting unto, or, waiting for by hastening; so I render the words, though they are two participles; for what we had before separately he gathers now into one sentence, t...
2 Peter 3:12 - 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 3:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? The heavens being on fire - See on 2 P...
2 Peter 3:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Hasting unto - with the utmost e...
2 Peter 3:12 - 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 3:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hasting unto. — There is no “unto” in the Greek. The margin is probably right, hasting the coming — i.e., hastening Christ’s coming by holy lives, by helping to make the Gospel known to all nat...
2 Peter 3:12 - 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 3:12 - 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 3:12 - 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 3:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, (12) Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wh...
2 Peter 3:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HASTING THE DAY ‘Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat.’ 2 Peter 3:12...
2 Peter 3:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God ,.... The same with the day of the Lord, 2 Peter 3:10 , and so the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions here read; and it intends the day of C...
2 Peter 3:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Ver. 12. Looking for ] As Sisera's...
2 Peter 3:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Seeing then that all these things Which our eyes behold; shall be dissolved And we shall be spectators of their dissolution, being raised from the dead before, or at the time of, its taking place...
2 Peter 3:12 - 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 3:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solemn Exhortations. A. D. 67. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,...
2 Peter 3:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Looking for; patiently waiting for, and expecting. And hasting unto; by fervent desire of it, and diligent preparation for it. The coming of the day of God; the day of the Lord, 2 Peter 3:10...
2 Peter 3:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reason For Delay And The Final Fulfilment ( 2 Peter 3:8-13 ).
2 Peter 3:12 - 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 3:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Peter 3:12 From the Bibles that have marginal readings, it will appear that these words admit of a different construction: "Looking for and hasting the coming of the day of God." As I understan...
2 Peter 3:12 - 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 3:12 - 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 3:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved. Immortality and science It is a singular fact that these words have far more probability of truth than they had a generation ago. Then, the...
2 Peter 3:12 - 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 3:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The attitude of the Christians:
2 Peter 3:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:7 ; 1 Corinthians 1:8 ; 2 Peter 3:10 ; Isaiah 2:1-22 ; Isaiah 34:4 ; Isaiah 64:1-12 ; Jude 1:21 ; Micah 1:4 ; Philippians 1:6 ; Psalms 50:3 ; Revelation 6:13 ; Revelation...
2 Peter 3:12 - 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 3:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hastening on — As it were by your earnest desires and fervent prayers. The coming of the day of God — Many myriads of days he grants to men: one, the last, is the day of God himself.

2 Peter 3:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Peter 3:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Peter 3:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Peter 3:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Peter 3:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Peter 3:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 3:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Peter 3:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Peter 3:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Peter 3:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 3:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Peter 3:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Peter 3:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Peter 3:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Peter 3:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 3:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Peter 3:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 3:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Peter 3:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Peter 3:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Peter 3:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 3:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Peter 3:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Peter 3:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Peter 3:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 3:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

2 Peter 3:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes