John Bengel Commentary - 2 Peter 3:16 - 3:16

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John Bengel Commentary - 2 Peter 3:16 - 3:16


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2Pe 3:16. Ἐν πάσαις, in all) Peter wrote this epistle very shortly before his own martyrdom and that of Paul. Therefore Paul had written nearly all his epistles long before, even the epistles to those to whom Peter writes. Peter therefore read all the epistles of Paul, which were perhaps sent to him by Paul himself: nor did he take it ill, that Paul had written respecting Peter in such terms as he had to the Galatians, ch. 2. Who can doubt, that the epistles of Paul were, at an early period, collected into one body?-περὶ τούτων, concerning these things) Concerning the coming of the Lord, which is delayed through His long-suffering, but yet is near and sudden, and the things which will happen at His coming and before it. When Paul appeared to delay the day of the Lord to a longer period than the other apostles, there were some who either doubted or denied His coming altogether.-ἐν οἷς, in which things)-δυσνοήτα, hard to be understood. It is one thing to be hard to be understood, and another thing to be beyond the reach of the understanding.-τινὰ) some things, not all.-ἃ) which things, which subjects, and so even the writings of Paul. With this corresponds the expression which follows, “they wrest the Scriptures,” and so even the subjects mentioned in them. The one is to be understood as included with the other.-οἱ ἀμαθεῖς, the unlearned) who are without heavenly learning.-στρεβλοῦσιν) twist, whereas they are straight in themselves. There is an instance, 2Ti 2:18.-τὰς λοιπὰς γραφὰς; the other Scriptures) It follows from this that the epistles of Paul already formed part of the Scriptures. Comp. has written, 2Pe 3:15.-προς, to) so that they seem to agree with the abandoned perception of the wicked.-ἰδίαν, their own) without any injury to St Paul.-ἀπώλειαν, destruction) ch. 2Pe 2:1.