Chapter Note Matthew Henry Commentary (Complete)
S E C O N D P E T E R.
CHAP. II.
The apostle, having in the foregoing chapter exhorted them to proceed and advance in the Christian race, now comes to remove, as much as in him lay, what he could not but apprehend would hinder their complying with his exhortation. He therefore gives them fair warning of false teachers, by whom they might be in danger of being seduced. To prevent this, I. He describes these seducers as impious in themselves, and very pernicious to others, 2 Peter 2:1 - 3 . II. He assures them of the punishment that shall be inflicted on them, 2 Peter 2:3 - 6 . III. He tells us how contrary the method is which God takes with those who fear him, 2 Peter 2:7 - 9 . IV. He fills up the rest of the chapter with a further description of those seducers of whom he would have them beware.
Book Note Matthew Henry Commentary (Complete)
AN
EXPOSITION,
W I T H P R A C T I C A L O B S E R V A T I O N S,
OF THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF
P E T E R.
T HE penman of this epistle appears plainly to be the same who wrote the foregoing; and, whatever difference some learned men apprehend they discern in the style of this epistle from that of the former, this cannot be a sufficient argument to assert that it was written by Simon who succeeded the apostle James in the church at Jerusalem, inasmuch as he who wrote this epistle calls himself Simon Peter, and an apostle 2 Peter 1:12 Peter 1:1 ), and says that he was one of the three apostles that were present at Christ's transfiguration 2 Peter 1:182 Peter 1:18 ), and says expressly that he had written a former epistle to them,2 Peter 3:12 Peter 3:1 . The design of this second epistle is the same with that of the former, as is evident from the 2 Peter 3:1 , whence observe that, in the things of God, we have need of precept upon precept, and line upon line, and all little enough to keep them in remembrance; and yet these are the things which should be most faithfully recorded and frequently remembered by us.
