2 Peter 3:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. ”

2 Peter 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? - That is, either, Where is the “fulfillment” of that promise; or, Where are the “indications” or “signs” that he will come? They evidently meant t...
2 Peter 3:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(3) And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as [they were] from the beginning of the creation. (3) The reason that these mockers preten...
2 Peter 3:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A further characteristic of the false teachers was the denial of the Second Advent (their coming is again spoken of as in the future; cf. 2 Peter 2:1 and 2 Peter 3:17 ). Their scepticism is base...
2 Peter 3:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

coming . See Matthew 24:3 . since . from (App-104.) the (day). fell asleep . App-171. continue . Greek. diameno. See Galatians 1:2 ; Galatians 1:5 .
2 Peter 3:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. Where is the promise. It was a dangerous scoff when they insinuated a doubt as to the last resurrection; for when that is taken away, there is no gospel any longer, the power of Christ is...
2 Peter 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. Where is the promise of his coming? - Perhaps...
2 Peter 3:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Where is the promise of his coming?— The promise is here put for the thing promised. The meaning of the question was, "Where is the promised advent of Christ? What proof or sign is there of his...
2 Peter 3:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. (Compare Psalms 10:11 ; Psalms 73:11 ....
2 Peter 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Where is the promise ? — Not meaning, of course, “In what passages of Scripture is any such promise to be found?” — but, “What has come of it? where is there any accomplishment of it?” (Comp. Psalm...
2 Peter 3:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 26 AS WERE THE DAYS OF NOAH 2 Peter 3:1-4 IN the previous chapter the Apostle showed how the renegade false teachers had published among the brethren their seductive doctrine declaring...
2 Peter 3:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Longsuffering Delay 2 Peter 3:1-9 Peter does not hesitate to place the commandments of himself and the other Apostles of Jesus on a level with the words which were spoken before by the holy pr...
2 Peter 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: (2) That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophe...
2 Peter 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And saying, Where is the promise of his coming ?.... That is, of the coming of the Lord and Saviour, 2 Peter 3:2 ; the object of their scorn and derision, and whom they name not, through contempt;...
2 Peter 3:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. Ver. 4. Where is the promise, &c. ] T...
2 Peter 3:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Where is the promise of his coming To raise the dead, judge mankind, and destroy the earth? We see no sign of any such thing. The promise of Christ's coming we have Matthew 15:27 , The Son of man...
2 Peter 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Cavils of Infidels; Destruction of the World. A. D. 67. 3 Knowing this first, that there...
2 Peter 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And saying, Where is the promise? Questioning or denying the great truths of the gospel, thereby to encourage themselves in walking after their own lusts. Of his coming; viz. Christ s, mentioned...
2 Peter 3:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And saying, “Where is the promise of his coming (parousia - presence)? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.” ' Unlike...
2 Peter 3:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE UNFULFILLED PROMISE OF THE COMING CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES THE apostle now deals with those who made the delay of the Lord’s coming, and the disappointment consequently felt by many Ch...
2 Peter 3:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Peter 3:4 The Promise of His Coming. I. Here we have the language of those moods of the human soul which lead in the end to entire rejection of the second coming of Christ. (1) "Where is the pr...
2 Peter 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

There shall come in the last days scoffers. The character of the last days I. The personal qualifications of the disputers here described. To be a scoffer is sure no very laudable character, be...
2 Peter 3:4 - 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 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Certain Coming of Christ and Its Lessons. A warning against scoffers:
2 Peter 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 1:9 ; Ecclesiastes 8:11 ; Ezekiel 12:22-27 ; Genesis 19:14 ; Isaiah 5:18 ; Isaiah 5:19 ; Jeremiah 17:15 ; Jeremiah 5:12 ; Jeremiah 5:13 ; Luke 12:45 ; Malachi 2:17 ; Mark 13:...
2 Peter 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Saying, Where is the promise of his coming — To judgment (They do not even deign to name him.) We see no sign of any such thing. For ever since the fathers — Our first ancestors. Fell asleep, all t...

2 Peter 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Peter 3:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Peter 3:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Peter 3:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Peter 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Peter 3:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 3:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Peter 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Peter 3:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Peter 3:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Peter 3:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 3:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Peter 3:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Peter 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Peter 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 3:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

2 Peter 3:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes