John Bengel Commentary - 2 Peter 3:4 - 3:4

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John Bengel Commentary - 2 Peter 3:4 - 3:4


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2Pe 3:4. Ποῦ ἔστιν, where is?) They think, either that it ought already to have taken place, or that it never will take place. This is also their meaning when they say, all things continue as they were.-ἡ ἐπαγγελία, the promise) Mockers thus term it, not in respect of themselves, but in mimicry,[17] because the righteous earnestly desire the fulfilment of the promise.-αὐτοῦ, of Him) Of the coming Lord, whom they disdain to mention by name.-ἀφʼ ἧς) (ἡμέρας), from the day in which.-οἱ πατέρες, the fathers) who rested their hopes on the promise.-πάντα, all things) the heaven, the water, the earth.-οὕτω, thus) An adverb of pregnant meaning; that is, thus continue, as they do continue.-ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως, from the beginning of the creation) These mockers at any rate confess, that the world did not exist from eternity.

[17] See Append. on MIMESIS.-E.