Theophylact of Ohrid

Medieval · AD 800–1500

1,275 passages across 17 books of the Bible · Who was this?

On 2 Peter

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  1. 2 Peter 1:3
    Grace and peace are the means by which God gives us everything we need in order to live godly lives.

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  2. 2 Peter 1:5
    Peter lays out here the order which we are to follow to come into full maturity. First of all comes faith, which is the foundation and source of all good works. Next comes virtue, by which he means good works, for without them faith is dead, as Saint James said. Next comes knowledge. What is that? It is an understanding of the secret things hidden in God which are not revealed to everyone, but only to those who continue faithfully in the works already mentioned.

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  3. 2 Peter 1:6
    Next in the list comes abstinence, or temperance. This is necessary in order to ensure that those who get this far are not carried away by the magnitude of the gift they have received and become haughty as a result. Patience follows next, because it takes time to acquire temperance, and without patience a person is liable to give up and fall into something even worse than what he has been delivered from. Patience increases our trust in God, which is why godliness comes next.

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  4. 2 Peter 1:7
    The more we are like God, the more we are compelled by that likeness to love others, which is why brotherly love is next in the list. Finally, there is charity, the perfection of all virtues, as Paul also confirms.

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  5. 2 Peter 1:14
    Peter explains that he keeps repeating the same things to his hearers because he knows that his end is coming quickly and that he will soon be delivered from his body.

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  6. 2 Peter 1:17
    Peter knew that Jesus received the Father’s confirmation from heaven on three different occasions, in his baptism, at his passion and on the mountain. However, this was the one which he himself witnessed.

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  7. 2 Peter 2:21
    Peter is saying that the evil awaiting those who turn away from their faith is so great that it would have been better if they had never accepted it in the first place. At least that way their wickedness would seem natural, instead of being as bizarre as a dog returning to its own vomit.

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  8. 2 Peter 3:3
    These scoffers were the Gnostics and other similar heretics who appeared at that time.

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