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We have the more sure word of prophecy; whereunto you do well that you take heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the day star arises in your hearts:
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Peter emphasizes that the prophetic word of the Old Testament is an incredibly reliable foundation for faith. Scholars debate whether he means it's 'more sure' than his eyewitness account of the transfiguration, or that the transfiguration made the prophecies more sure by fulfilling them. In either case, the message is clear: Scripture is a firm, trustworthy, and authoritative source of truth about Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
We have also a more sure word of prophecy. That is a prophecy pertaining to the coming of the Lord Jesus, for that is the point under disc…
The word of prophecy (τον προφητικον λογον). "The prophetic word." Cf. 1 Peter 1:10, a reference to all the Messianic …
19th Century
Anglican
We have also a more sure word of prophecy.—Rather, And we have the prophetic word more sure (so Rheims alone); o…
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Baptist
Whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts…
By saying “And we have the word of the prophets made more certain [GK 1010],” Peter indicates that the OT prophets spoke of the same things he did …
16th Century
Protestant
We have also. He now shows that the truth of the gospel is founded on the oracles of the prophets, so that those who embraced it would not…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ver. 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy
Though this word of prophecy is generally understood of the writ…
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…