“ Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: ”
Whereby - Δι ̓ ὧν Di' hōn. Through which, or by means of which. The pronoun here is in the plural number, and there has been much difference of opinion as to what it refers. Some suppose t...
(5) Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with (c) water, perished: (5) Secondly he sets against them the universal flood, which was the destruction of the whole world. (c) For the wate...
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...
Whereby . By (App-104. 2 Peter 3:1 ) which (means). the world, &c . Literally the then world (App-129.) overflowed . Greek. katakluzo . Only here. Compare 2 Peter 2:5 . perished . See...
It seems, however, strange that he says that the world perished through the deluge, when he had before mentioned the heaven and the earth. To this I answer, that the heaven was then also submer...
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Whereby— Δι ων, by which things; that is, by the heavens and earth being of such a constitution.
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: Whereby , х Di' ( G1223 ) hon ( G3739 )] - (plural). By means of which heavens and earth (in respect to the WATE...
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...
Whereby. — The meaning of this is much disputed. The original literally signifies, by means of which things. But what things? The context allows various alternatives: (1) These facts about the Cr...
Chapter 27 JUDGMENT TO COME 2 Peter 3:5-7 "THE world lasts on" (διαμενει) "through all time," say the scoffers, "just as it was at the Creation. There has been no change; there will be none."...
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...
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,...
"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...
Whereby the world that then was ,.... The old world, as it is called in 2 Peter 2:5 ; and as the Ethiopic version here renders it; the world before the flood, that had stood from the creation 1656...
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: Ver. 6. Being overflowed with water ] Therefore that is not altogether true, that all things continue as they were at first...
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...
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...
The Cavils of Infidels; Destruction of the World. A. D. 67. 3 Knowing this first, that there...
Whereby; by which heavens and water, mentioned in the former verse, the fountains of the great deep being broken up, and the windows of heaven opened, Genesis 7:11 . Or, by the word of God, as t...
‘For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth having been brought together out of water and amidst water, by the word of God. By which means the world that then wa...
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...
world Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 4:8 ).
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...
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...
This they willingly are ignorant of. Willing ignorance Nelson, at St. Vincent, putting the telescope to his blind eye, and swearing that he could not see the signal to cease firing, affords an...
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...
The answer of St. Peter, showing the certainty of the Lord's return:
2 Peter 2:5 ; Genesis 7:10-23 ; Genesis 9:15 ; Job 12:15 ; Luke 17:27 ; Matthew 24:38 ; Matthew 24:39
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...
Through which — Heaven and earth, the windows of heaven being opened, and the fountains of the great deep broken up. The world that then was — The whole antediluvian race. Being overflowed with wat...