The Apostle Peter
2 Peter 3:16KJV·traditional attribution

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

John Calvin Reformed

Peter must be speaking of things concerning the day of judgment and what Christ shall do when He comes, subjects Paul handles in all his epistles. The difficulty in connecting the reference has arisen from improper reading of the grammar; the relative refers to the epistles themselves, not merely to a former clause. Most likely Peter means the Epistle to the Hebrews.

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Matthew Henry Presbyterian

Sin has corrupted all creation, and it cannot be freed without dissolution. If man's transgression has brought such ruin, how abominable sin is and how much we must hate it. You must labor to be eminent in holiness, not content with a lower measure, holy in God's house and your own, in worship and in all your dealings with men.

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Commenting on 2 Peter 3:11-18

John Gill Reformed Baptist

Paul had written many epistles by this time, all under the same wisdom and Spirit's influence. He speaks in them of Christ's second coming, of mockers and wicked men in the last days, and of mysteries not easily understood, the timing of His return, the manner of His appearing, the resurrection in spiritual bodies, the rapture of the saints.

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