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For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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Faith Based on Fact, Not Fable
Peter forcefully states that the Christian message is not based on 'cunningly devised fables' or myths. Commentators stress that he grounds the faith in historical reality. The apostles were eyewitnesses to the events they preached, providing a solid, factual foundation for belief, especially against claims that the gospel is just a collection of stories.
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2 Peter
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables. That is, fictions or stories invented by artful men, and resting on no solid foundation…
We did not follow (ουκ εξακολουθησαντες). First aorist active participle of εξακολουθεω, late compound verb, to follow out (Polybi…
19th Century
Anglican
For we have not followed.—More literally, For we did not follow, or, It was not by following out, etc., that. “F…
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Baptist
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitne…
Here Peter links himself with the other apostles (“we”—cf. comment on v.18) in certifying that their message is based on their own eyewitness exper…
16th Century
Protestant
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables. It gives us much courage when we know that we labor in a matter that is certain. So tha…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables Such as Jewish fables, cautioned against (Titus 1:14) which thei…
The gospel is no weak thing, but comes in power (Romans 1:16). The law sets before us our wretched state by sin, but there it leaves us…
