2 Peter 1 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

16-21: and warns them to be constant in the faith of Christ, who is the true Son of God, by the eyewitness of the apostles beholding his majesty, and by the testimony of the Father, and the prophets.

Simon.

or, Symeon.

Acts 15:14• ¹⁴Simon has related how God first visited to take out of the nations a people for his name. (Acts 15:14)

Peter.

Matt. 4:18• ¹⁸And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers; (Matt. 4:18)

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Matt. 10:2• ²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; (Matt. 10:2)

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Luke 22:31‑34• ³¹And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you, to sift you as wheat;
³²but *I* have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and *thou*, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren.
³³And he said to him, Lord, with thee I am ready to go both to prison and to death.
³⁴And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow to-day before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. (Luke 22:31‑34)

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John 1:42• ⁴²And he led him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas; thou shalt be called Cephas (which interpreted is stone). (John 1:42)

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John 21:15‑17• ¹⁵When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
¹⁶He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Shepherd my sheep.
¹⁷He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)

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1 Peter 1:1• ¹Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ, to the sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, (1 Peter 1:1)

a servant.

John 12:26• ²⁶If any one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall be *my* servant. And if any one serve me, him shall the Father honour. (John 12:26)

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Rom. 1:1• ¹Paul, bondman of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated to God's glad tidings, (Rom. 1:1)

an apostle.

Luke 11:49• ⁴⁹For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution, (Luke 11:49)

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John 20:21• ²¹Jesus said therefore again to them, Peace be to you: as the Father sent me forth, I also send you. (John 20:21)

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1 Cor. 9:1• ¹Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not *ye* my work in the Lord? (1 Cor. 9:1)

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1 Cor. 15:9• ⁹For *I* am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called apostle, because I have persecuted the assembly of God. (1 Cor. 15:9)

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Gal. 2:8• ⁸(for he that wrought in Peter for the apostleship of the circumcision wrought also in me towards the Gentiles,) (Gal. 2:8)

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Eph. 3:5• ⁵which in other generations has not been made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the power of the Spirit, (Eph. 3:5)

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Eph. 4:11• ¹¹and *he* has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers, (Eph. 4:11)

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1 Peter 5:1• ¹The elders which are among you I exhort, who am their fellow-elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also am partaker of the glory about to be revealed: (1 Peter 5:1)

have.

2 Peter 1:4• ⁴through which he has given to us the greatest and precious promises, that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. (2 Peter 1:4)

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Acts 15:8‑9• ⁸And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit as to us also,
⁹and put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith. (Acts 15:8‑9)

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Rom. 1:12• ¹²that is, to have mutual comfort among you, each by the faith which is in the other, both yours and mine. (Rom. 1:12)

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2 Cor. 4:13• ¹³And having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, I have believed, therefore have I spoken; *we* also believe, therefore also we speak; (2 Cor. 4:13)

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Eph. 4:5• ⁵one Lord, one faith, one baptism; (Eph. 4:5)

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Phil. 1:29• ²⁹because to you has been given, as regards Christ, not only the believing on him but the suffering for him also, (Phil. 1:29)

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2 Tim. 1:5• ⁵calling to mind the unfeigned faith which has been in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also. (2 Tim. 1:5)

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Titus 1:1,4• ¹Paul, bondman of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ according to the faith of God's elect, and knowledge of the truth which is according to piety;
⁴to Titus, my own child according to the faith common to us: Grace and peace from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour. (Titus 1:1,4)

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1 Peter 1:7• ⁷that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in the revelation of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 1:7)

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1 Peter 2:7• ⁷To you therefore who believe is the preciousness; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders cast away as worthless, this is become head of the corner, (1 Peter 2:7)

through.

Jer. 33:16• ¹⁶In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety. And this is the name wherewith she shall be called: Jehovah our Righteousness. (Jer. 33:16)

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Rom. 1:17• ¹⁷for righteousness of God is revealed therein, on the principle of faith, to faith: according as it is written, But the just shall live by faith. (Rom. 1:17)

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Rom. 3:21‑26• ²¹But now without law righteousness of God is manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets;
²²righteousness of God by faith of Jesus Christ towards all, and upon all those who believe: for there is no difference;
²³for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
²⁴being justified freely by his grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
²⁵whom God has set forth a mercy-seat, through faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of his righteousness, in respect of the passing by the sins that had taken place before, through the forbearance of God;
²⁶for the shewing forth of his righteousness in the present time, so that he should be just, and justify him that is of the faith of Jesus. (Rom. 3:21‑26)

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1 Cor. 1:30• ³⁰But of him are *ye* in Christ Jesus, who has been made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and holiness, and redemption; (1 Cor. 1:30)

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2 Cor. 5:21• ²¹Him who knew not sin he has made sin for us, that *we* might become God's righteousness in him. (2 Cor. 5:21)

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Phil. 3:9• ⁹and that I may be found in him, not having my righteousness, which would be on the principle of law, but that which is by faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God through faith, (Phil. 3:9)

of God and our Saviour.

Gr. of our God and Saviour.

Isa. 12:2• ²Behold, *God is my salvation: I will trust, and not be afraid; for Jah, Jehovah, is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation. (Isa. 12:2)

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Luke 1:47• ⁴⁷and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour. (Luke 1:47)

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Titus 2:13• ¹³awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13)

• the confession of absolute subjection to his Master conveyed in "bondman." Paul loved so to call himself, and Jude, and John. (““2 Peter”” by W. Kelly)

• To be somebody is the desire of fallen man, the world's spirit; to give up all in love and obedience is Christ's, who alone really had all things. It is our pattern now. Greatness according to Him is to be a true servant (““2 Peter”” by W. Kelly)

• "Like precious faith" raises no question of measure of faith in those who believe, but asserts that what is believed is equally precious for the simplest Christian as for an apostle, in its source, agent, object, and result. (““2 Peter”” by W. Kelly)

• in our text it is not the believer obtaining God's righteousness through faith, but obtaining faith by the righteousness of their God and Saviour Jesus Christ*: a quite different truth, and peculiar to the remnant which God ever has in Israel. (““2 Peter”” by W. Kelly)

• The difference between Jude and this epistle is, that while by Peter the Spirit of God speaks a great deal about corruption, it is in the world, whereas Jude gives you corruption in the Church — in that which bears the name of the Lord —ecclesiastical corruption. You get apostasy in both, especially in Jude. (“Partakers of the Divine Nature” by W.T.P. Wolston)

• Faith here is the portion we have now in the things that God gives, which in Christianity are revealed as truths, while the things promised are not yet come. (“2 Peter 1” by J.N. Darby)

• “The ‘precious faith’ is the faith of Christianity, in contrast with Judaism with which these believers had been connected.” (“Life and Godliness: 2 Peter 1” by H. Smith)

• The Jews religion could not be called a faith. It began with sight at Sinai….This precious faith has only come to us by the advent of the Lord Jesus as Saviour. (“2 Peter 1” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

Simon Peter, bondman and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have received like precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

W. Kelly Translation

Simon Petera, bondmanb and apostle of Jesus Christ to them that obtained like precious faith with us in virtuec of [the] righteousnessd of our God ande Saviour Jesus Christ:

WK Translation Notes

The writer declares himself with yet more carefulness than when he wrote before, not "Peter" only but "Symeon Peter," name and surname. So, at the Jerusalem conference on the Gentile question, James speaks of him ({vi 27457}{/vi}) as "Symeon" (the Aramaic form of "Simon"), though historically designated "Peter" just before (vs. 7). A forger would have strenuously avoided any such shade of difference, superficial though it be; as he never would have conceived still greater care to attest thus minutely the Peter who added this Second Epistle.

No notice is taken by the Revisers, the needless enfeebling indefinite article twice over. Our tongue does not require "a" before "servant" or "bondman"; though it seems harsh to omit in English "the" before "righteousness."

This verse does not touch on the ground of justification, but asserts that the saints he addressed obtained like precious faith with the apostles, in virtue of the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Even if we adopt the marginal suggestion, it would mean that our God and Saviour Jesus Christ took care, according to His faithful regard to the promises, that there should ever be a remnant according to the election of grace. Hence He, in His righteousness, secured that they should get faith. Christ’s law-keeping is not a question: introduce it, and you spoil the sense. For how could His legal obedience bring any one to faith?

The RV has the great defect of reading "faith with us in the righteousness" which suggests in our idiom the object believed in. This is not the aim of the passage. The Apostle means that the Christian Jews, to whom he is for the second time addressing himself, obtained like precious faith with us "your apostles" (3:2) in virtue of (or through) the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ; as the Revisers rightly give the last words in their text. There were special promises to the fathers about the blessing of their seed, and God was righteous in fulfilling them. There has always been a believing remnant of that people, if of no other continuously. Jesus, not more truly man than the Lord God of Israel, has been faithful to that word of distinguishing favour; and if those Jews to whom Peter was writing received faith, like precious faith with the apostles, it was in virtue of His making good the promise to them and their children by giving them to believe. Such is the righteousness here meant. Hence "through" in the KJV is substantially correct, as being less ambiguous than "in."

No scholar who has adequately weighed the construction contests that the omission of the second article admits of two persons strictly united in joint agency, the phrase seems impossible unless both stood on precisely the same platform of nature or position. Now I am disposed to believe that in the Epistles of Peter, as in that to the Hebrews, the inspired writer meant to strengthen those addressed in the great truth that Jesus was the Jehovah of Israel, the true God, no less than the Father.