Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 2 Peter 3:4 - 3:4

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 2 Peter 3:4 - 3:4


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4. Ποῦ ἐστὶν κ.τ.λ. They ask the question, not as those who long for the fulfilment of the promise, but as disbelieving that it will ever be fulfilled: and therefore they are at liberty to indulge their passions (πορευόμενοι, etc.).

παρουσίας, above 2Pe 1:16.

οἱ πατέρες. Cf. ἐπὶ τῶν πατέρων in the prophecy quoted above from Clement. The phrase inevitably suggests that the first generation of Christians had passed away.

οὕτως, in statu quo. Compare the reading of some Latin authorities in Joh 21:22, Sic or Si sic eum uolo manere.

The unbelievers say: Where is the promise of His coming? the first disciples to whom it was promised are dead, and there is no sign: the world goes on in its course as it has since the creation. That is where you are wrong, replies our writer. It has not gone on without one great convulsion. There was the Deluge; and there will be the final fire.