2 Peter 3
Koine Translation
Ταύτην ἤδη, ἀγαπητοί,
δευτέραν °ὑμῖν γράφω
ἐπιστολὴν ἐν αἷς διεγείρω*
⸀ὑμῶν ἐν ὑπομνήσει τὴν
εἰλικρινῆ διάνοιαν*
2 μνησθῆναι τῶν
προειρημένων ῥημάτων ὑπὸ
τῶν ἁγίων προφητῶν καὶ τῆς
τῶν ἀποστόλων ⸀ὑμῶν
ἐντολῆς τοῦ κυρίου καὶ
σωτῆρος.*
3 τοῦτο πρῶτον γινώσκοντες
ὅτι ἐλεύσονται ἐπʼ* ♦⸀ἐσχάτων
τῶν ἡμερῶν ⸂ἐν ἐμπαιγμονῇ⸃
ἐμπαῖκται κατὰ τὰς ⸄ἰδίας
ἐπιθυμίας αὐτῶν⸅
πορευόμενοι
4 καὶ λέγοντες·* ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ
ἐπαγγελία τῆς παρουσίας
αὐτοῦ; ἀφʼ ἧς γὰρ οἱ πατέρες
⸆ ἐκοιμήθησαν, πάντα οὕτως
διαμένει ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως.
5 λανθάνει γὰρ αὐτοὺς τοῦτο
θέλοντας ὅτι οὐρανοὶ ἦσαν
ἔκπαλαι καὶ ⸆ γῆ ⸂ἐξ ὕδατος
καὶ διʼ ὕδατος⸃ ⸀συνεστῶσα
τῷ τοῦ* θεοῦ λόγῳ
6 ⸂διʼ ὅν⸃ ὁ τότε κόσμος ὕδατι
κατακλυσθεὶς ἀπώλετο·*
7 οἱ δὲ νῦν οὐρανοὶ καὶ °ἡ γῆ
τῷ ⸀αὐτῷ λόγῳ
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Notes
“Second letter” 4
possibilities (Schreiner)
3.1 Beloved, this is now the - 1- the second part of
second letter I write to you in the letter, not a unity 2-
which I am arousing your sincere FIrst letter was Jude 3-
mind by remembering Another letter that was
lost 4 - Peter refers to 1
Peter
2. to [that you should] remind you
of the words proclaimed The emphasis on
beforehand by the holy prophets remembering with the
and the commandments of our repetition of words.
Lord and Savior by your apostles.
3. Knowing this first, that in the
last days are coming mockers in
Jude 17-18
mocking living according to their
own lust
4, and saying: Where is the
promise of His coming? For since
ἀφʼ ἧς - implies from
the fathers were put to sleep, all
which day.
things thus remain from the
beginning of creation.
Complicated syntax.
5. For those maintaining this, it
Could be translated as
escaped them that the heavens
“They want to ignore or
existed long ago and the earth
escape this fact” or
from the water and through the
Maintaining this (a
water [was formed] by the word of
reference to v. 4) it
God.
escaped them.
6. through which at that time the
world water was destroyed by
water having been flooded
7. But [now] the present heavens Judgment awaits the
and the earth by the same word false teachers.
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 τεθησαυρισμένοι εἰσὶν πυρὶ
τηρούμενοι εἰς ἡμέραν
κρίσεως καὶ ἀπωλείας °1τῶν
ἀσεβῶν ἀνθρώπων.*
8 ⸂Ἓν δὲ τοῦτο⸃ μὴ
λανθανέτω ὑμᾶς, ἀγαπητοί,
ὅτι μία ἡμέρα ⸄παρὰ κυρίῳ⸅
ὡς χίλια ἔτη ⸂1καὶ χίλια ἔτη⸃
ὡς ἡμέρα μία.*
9 οὐ ⸀βραδύνει ⸆ κύριος τῆς
ἐπαγγελίας,* ⸋ὥς τινες
βραδύτητα ἡγοῦνται,⸌ ἀλλὰ
μακροθυμεῖ ⸂εἰς ὑμᾶς⸃ μὴ
βουλόμενός τινας ἀπολέσθαι
ἀλλὰ πάντας εἰς μετάνοιαν
χωρῆσαι.*
10 Ἥξει δὲ ♦⸆ἡμέρα κυρίου
ὡς κλέπτης ⸇* ἐν ᾗ °οἱ
οὐρανοὶ ῥοιζηδὸν
παρελεύσονται, στοιχεῖα δὲ
καυσούμενα λυθήσεται,* ⸋καὶ
γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα ⸂οὐχ
εὑρεθήσεται⸃⸌.
11 Τούτων ⸂οὕτως πάντων⸃
λυομένων ποταποὺς δεῖ
⸄ὑπάρχειν ὑμᾶς⸅ ἐν ἁγίαις
ἀναστροφαῖς καὶ εὐσεβείαις
12 προσδοκῶντας ⸂καὶ
σπεύδοντας⸃ τὴν παρουσίαν*
τῆς τοῦ ⸀θεοῦ ἡμέρας διʼ ἣν
οὐρανοὶ πυρούμενοι
λυθήσονται καὶ στοιχεῖα
καυσούμενα ⸁τήκεται.*
13 καινοὺς δὲ οὐρανοὺς καὶ
⸉γῆν καινὴν⸊ ⸂κατὰ τὸ
ἐπάγγελμα⸃ αὐτοῦ
προσδοκῶμεν ἐν οἷς
δικαιοσύνη κατοικεῖ.*
14 Διό, ἀγαπητοί, ταῦτα
προσδοκῶντες σπουδάσατε
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have been stored up for fire being
kept for the day of judgment and
destruction of the ungodly men.
8. But do not let this escape you [
or don’t forget this], beloved, for
one day for the Lord is like a
thousand years and a thousand
years like one day.
9. But the Lord does not delay
concerning the promise, like
some are considering it slowness,
but is being patient towards you,
not wishing anyone to perish but
everyone to reach repentance [go
into repentance]
10. But the day of the Lord will
come, like a thief, in which the
heavens with a great noise and
the elements will be destroyed,
and the earth and the works that
are in it will not be found.
11. SInce all of these things are
being destroyed what kind of
Genitive absolute
person is it necessary for you to
be in holy conduct and godliness?
12. waiting for and hastening to
the coming of the day of God
through which the heavens will be the day of God is not a
destroyed burning and the common phrase
elements will be burned up
melting.
13. But we are waiting for new
heavens and a new earth “Where righteousness is
according to his promise in which at home” (Dr. Taylor)
righteousness dwells.
14. Therefore, beloved, while
waiting for these things make
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 ἄσπιλοι καὶ ⸀ἀμώμητοι αὐτῷ
εὑρεθῆναι ἐν εἰρήνῃ*
15 καὶ τὴν τοῦ κυρίου ⸀ἡμῶν
μακροθυμίαν σωτηρίαν
ἡγεῖσθε,* καθὼς καὶ ὁ
ἀγαπητὸς ἡμῶν ἀδελφὸς
Παῦλος κατὰ τὴν δοθεῖσαν
αὐτῷ σοφίαν ἔγραψεν ὑμῖν,*
16 ὡς καὶ ἐν πάσαις °ταῖς
ἐπιστολαῖς λαλῶν ἐν αὐταῖς
περὶ τούτων ἐν ⸀αἷς ἐστιν
δυσνόητά τινα ἃ οἱ ἀμαθεῖς καὶ
ἀστήρικτοι* ⸁στρεβλώσουσιν
ὡς καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς γραφὰς
πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν ⸀1αὐτῶν
ἀπώλειαν.*
17 Ὑμεῖς οὖν, ἀγαπητοί,
προγινώσκοντες φυλάσσεσθε,
ἵνα μὴ τῇ τῶν ἀθέσμων πλάνῃ
συναπαχθέντες ἐκπέσητε τοῦ
ἰδίου στηριγμοῦ,*
18 ⸀αὐξάνετε δὲ ἐν χάριτι καὶ
⸁γνώσει τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν καὶ
σωτῆρος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ⸆.*
αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα ⸂καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς
ἡμέραν αἰῶνος⸃. ⸇*
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every effort to be found by Him
spotless and blameless in peace.
15. And regard our Lord patience
as salvation, just as also our
beloved brother Paul according to
the wisdom given to him wrote to
you
16. As also rn all the letters
speaking in them concerning
these things in which there are
some things hard to understand,
which the ignorant and unstable
are twisting like also the rest of
the Scripture to their own
destruction.
17. Therefore, you oh beloved,
knowing in advance, be on guard,
so that you may not fall from your Beloved a favorite word.
own position being carried away
in the error of the lawless
18. But grow in the grace and
knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ. To him be the glory, now
and to the day of eternity.
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