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 eyewitnesses of his majesty.
16. 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. Lest, then, the faithful should think that in these labors they were beating the air, he now comes to set forth the certainty of the gospel; and he denies that anything had been delivered by him but what was...
The gospel is no idle tale spun by cunning deceivers, but the infinitely wise counsel of God Himself. When we preach Christ's power to save to the uttermost and His coming in the flesh, we declare what the Spirit of Christ guides us to proclaim, what all the Old Testament saints died believing.
AI summary
Commenting on 2 Peter 1:16-18
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables,.... Such as Jewish fables, cautioned against Tit 1:14 which their traditionary and oral law, their Talmud, and other writings, mention; as concerning the temporal kingdom of the Messiah, the sumptuous feast, and carnal pleasures and entertainments, of that state, with many other things; some of which indeed are not very cunningly put together, but weak enough: or...