4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?



Ver. 4. The goodness of God] Gr. ôï ÷ñçóôïí , his native goodness, ready to be employed to the behoof and benefit of the creature, Tit_3:4. Now as the beam of the sun shining on fire doth discourage the burning of that; so the shining of God’s mercies on us should dishearten and extinguish lust in us. This is so equal and needful a duty, that Peter picks this flower out of Paul’s garden, as one of the choicest, and urgeth it upon those to whom he writes, 2Pe_3:15.