2 Peter 3:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. ”

2 Peter 3:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nevertheless we, according to his promise - The allusion here seems to be, beyond a doubt, to two passages in Isaiah, in which a promise of this kind is found. Isaiah 65:17 ; “for, behold, I cre...
2 Peter 3:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, (f) wherein dwelleth righteousness. (f) In which heavens.
2 Peter 3:13 - 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 3:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

according to . App-104. promise . See 2 Peter 1:4 . Isaiah 65:17 ; Isaiah 66:22 . new . Greek. kainos. See Matthew 9:17 . wherein . in (App-104.) which. dwelleth . See Acts 2:5 .
2 Peter 3:13 - 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 3:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. We, according to his promise, look for new heavens - The promise to which it is suppos...
2 Peter 3:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Nevertheless, we, according to his promise, look, &c.— That is, "Though the present frame of things shall be dissolved by fire, yet we look for another, a more durable and perfect state; new he...
2 Peter 3:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Nevertheless - in contrast to the destructive effects of the day of God stand i...
2 Peter 3:13 - 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 3:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nevertheless we, according to his promise. — “Nevertheless” is too strong, and the emphasis is on “new,” not on “we.” But new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness, we look for,...
2 Peter 3:13 - 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 3:13 - 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 3:13 - 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 3:13 - 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 3:13 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CHRISTIANITY AND THE FUTURE ‘But, according to His promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.’ 2 Peter 3:13 (R.V.) The Apostles deal very much with the...
2 Peter 3:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nevertheless we, according to his promise ,.... Or promises, as the Alexandrian copy, and the Vulgate Latin version; namely those in Isaiah 65:17 ; look for new heavens and a new earth ; not figu...
2 Peter 3:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Ver. 13. According to his promise ] Which is good sure hold. For he pays not his p...
2 Peter 3:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nevertheless we, according to his promise , &c. That is, “Though the present frame of things shall be dissolved by fire, yet we look for another, a more durable and perfect state; new heavens a...
2 Peter 3:13 - 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 3:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solemn Exhortations. A. D. 67. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,...
2 Peter 3:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nevertheless we, according to his promise: see Isaiah 65:17 Isaiah 66:22 Revelation 21:1,27 , to which this text seems to refer, speak of a new state of the church here in the world, yet by...
2 Peter 3:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reason For Delay And The Final Fulfilment ( 2 Peter 3:8-13 ).
2 Peter 3:13 - 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 3:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

righteousness ( See Scofield) - ( 1 John 3:7 ).
2 Peter 3:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Peter 3:13 I. The man who saw this vision may be described as a dreamer, and the glorious dream which he has put before us here still waits for its fulfilment. But dreamers are the pioneers of w...
2 Peter 3:13 - 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 3:13 - 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 3:13 - 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 3:13 - 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 3:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The attitude of the Christians:
2 Peter 3:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 65:17 ; Isaiah 66:22 ; Revelation 21:1 ; Revelation 21:27
2 Peter 3:13 - 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 3:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

We look for new heavens and a new earth — Raised as it were out of the ashes of the old; we look for an entire new state of things. Wherein dwelleth righteousness — Only righteous spirits. How grea...

2 Peter 3:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Peter 3:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Peter 3:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Peter 3:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Peter 3:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Peter 3:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 3:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 3:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Peter 3:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Peter 3:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Peter 3:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 3:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Peter 3:13 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Peter 3:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Peter 3:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Peter 3:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 3:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Peter 3:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 3:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Peter 3:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Peter 3:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Peter 3:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Peter 3:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 3:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Peter 3:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Peter 3:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Peter 3:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 3:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

2 Peter 3:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes