Beloved (αγαπητο). With this vocative verbal (four times in this chapter), Peter "turns away from the Libertines and their victims…

2 Peter 3—Analysis of the Chapter.

The principal design of this chapter is to demonstrate, in opposition to the objections of sc…

This second epistle, beloved, I now write.—Rather, This now second epistle I write, beloved; or, This epistl…

This second epistle, beloved, I now write to you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: that you may be mindful of the…

“Dear friends” (lit., “beloved”; GK 28) is repeated in vv.8, 14, and 17 in this chapter (see also 1 Peter 2:11; 4:1). “This is now my s…

So that they would not be wearied with the Second Epistle as if the first was sufficient, he says that it was not written in vain, because they nee…

This second epistle, beloved, I now write to you
This is a transition to another part of the epistle; for the apostl…

The purified minds of Christians should be stirred up, so that they may be active and lively in the work of holiness. There will be scoffers in the…