world
Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind".
( See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8).
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 differen...
(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...
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...
Whereby . By (App-104. 2 Peter 3:1 ) which (means). the world, &c . Literally the then world (App-129.) overflowed . Greek. katakluzo . On...
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 t...
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...
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...
Whereby ] i.e. by means of the water and of the word: cp. Hebrews 11:7 , 'word' and 'fire.'
Whereby. — The meaning of this is much disputed. The original literally signifies, by means of which things. But what things? The context allows...
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 Creatio...
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...
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 lu...
"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...
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...
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: Ver. 6. Being overflowed with water ] Therefore that is not altogether tr...
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...
This chapter now shows that the government of God will bring everything to a proper conclusion: every evil principle will be judged unsparingly, and...
The Cavils of Infidels; Destruction of the World. A. D. 67....
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 open...
‘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...
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, a...
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 m...
2 Peter 3:1 . This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: The purest minds...
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...
This they willingly are ignorant of. Willing ignorance Nelson, at St. Vincent, putting the telescope to his blind eye, and swearing that he cou...
EXPOSITION 2 Peter 3:1 This Second Epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; literally, this Epistle already a second one I write unto yo...
The answer of St. Peter, showing the certainty of the Lord's return:
whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
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...
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...
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: