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The Scoffer's "Proof"
Commentators explain that the scoffers' argument is based on the apparent, unchanging stability of the natural world. They mockingly ask, "Where is this promised coming?" by pointing out that since the time of their ancestors ("the fathers"), the sun still rises, seasons change, and life goes on as it always has. They use this perceived uniformity of creation as evidence that God will not intervene and that the promise of Christ's return is a fable.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Peter 3:4
18th Century
Theologian
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? That is, either where is the fulfilment of that promise, or where are the ind…
AT Robertson
On 2 Peter 3:4
Where is the promise of his coming? (που εστιν η επαγγελια της παρουσιας αυτου; ). This is the only sample of the questions raised…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Peter 3:4
19th Century
Bishop
Where is the promise?—Not meaning, of course, “In what passages of Scripture is any such promise to be found?”—but, “What has come…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Peter 3:4
19th Century
Preacher
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the father fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the cr…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Peter 3:4
Part of the early church proclamation was the announcement of the return of Jesus to complete the work of salvation and to punish the wicked (e.g.,…
John Calvin
On 2 Peter 3:4
16th Century
Theologian
Where is the promise? It was a dangerous scoff when they insinuated a doubt regarding the last resurrection. For when that is taken away, …
John Gill
On 2 Peter 3:4
17th Century
Pastor
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming ?
&c.] That is, of the coming of the Lord and Saviour, ([Reference 2 …
Matthew Henry
On 2 Peter 3:1–4
17th Century
Minister
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…