Teks -- 2 Peter 3:17 (NET)

3:17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Robertson: 2Pe 3:17 - Knowing these things beforehand

Knowing these things beforehand ( proginōskontes ).

Present active participle of proginōskō as in 1Pe 1:20. Cf. prōton ginōskō (2Pe 1:20; 2Pe 3:1). Hence they are without excuse for misunderstanding Peter or Paul on this subject.

Robertson: 2Pe 3:17 - Beware

Beware ( phulassesthe ).

Present middle imperative of phulassō , common verb, to guard.

Robertson: 2Pe 3:17 - Lest

Lest ( hina mē ).

Negative purpose, "that not."

Robertson: 2Pe 3:17 - Being carried away

Being carried away ( sunapachthentes ).

First aorist passive participle of sunapagō , old verb double compound, to carry away together with, in N.T. only here and Gal 2:13.

Robertson: 2Pe 3:17 - With the error

With the error ( tēi planēi ).

Instrumental case, "by the error"(the wandering).

Robertson: 2Pe 3:17 - Of the wicked

Of the wicked ( tōn athesmōn ).

See note on 2Pe 2:7.

Robertson: 2Pe 3:17 - Ye fall from

Ye fall from ( ekpesēte ).

Second aorist active subjunctive with hina mē of ekpiptō , old verb, to fall out of, with the ablative here (stērigmou , steadfastness, late word from stērizō , here alone in N.T.) as in Gal 5:4 (tēs charitos exepesate , ye fell out of grace).

Vincent: 2Pe 3:17 - Being led away

Being led away ( συναπαχθέντες )

Better, Rev., carried away. It is the word used by Paul of Barnabas, when he dissembled with Peter at Antioch. " Barnabas was carried away with their dissimulation" (Gal 2:13).

Vincent: 2Pe 3:17 - Of the wicked

Of the wicked ( ἀθέσμων )

See on 2Pe 2:7.

Vincent: 2Pe 3:17 - Fall from

Fall from ( ἐκπέσητε )

Lit., " fall out of ." Compare Gal 5:4.

Vincent: 2Pe 3:17 - Steadfastness

Steadfastness ( στηριγμοῦ )

Only here in New Testament. See on 2Pe 1:12.

JFB: 2Pe 3:17 - Ye

Warned by the case of those "unlearned and unstable" persons (2Pe 3:16).

JFB: 2Pe 3:17 - knowing . . . before

The event.

JFB: 2Pe 3:17 - led away with

The very term, as Peter remembers, used by Paul of Barnabas' being "carried," Greek, "led away with" Peter and the other Jews in their hypocrisy.

JFB: 2Pe 3:17 - wicked

"lawless," as in 2Pe 2:7.

JFB: 2Pe 3:17 - fall from

(grace, Gal 5:4 : the true source of) "steadfastness" or stability in contrast with the "unstable" (2Pe 3:16): "established" (2Pe 1:12): all kindred Greek terms. Compare Jud 1:20-21.

Clarke: 2Pe 3:17 - Seeing ye know - before

Seeing ye know - before - Seeing that by prophets and apostles you have been thus forewarned, beware, φυλασσεσθε, keep watch, be on your guard; cleave to God and the word of his grace, lest ye be led away from the truth delivered by the prophets and apostles, by the error of the wicked, αθεσμων, of the lawless - those who wrest the Scriptures to make them countenance their lusts, exorbitant exactions, and lawless practices

Clarke: 2Pe 3:17 - Fall from your own steadfastness

Fall from your own steadfastness - From that faith in Christ which has put you in possession of that grace which establishes the heart.

Calvin: 2Pe 3:17 - Ye, therefore, beloved

17.Ye, therefore, beloved After having shewn to the faithful the dangers of which they were to beware, he now concludes by admonishing them to be wise. But he shews that there was need of being watchful, lest they should be overwhelmed. And, doubtless, the craft of our enemy, the many and various treacheries which he employs against us, the cavils of ungodly men, leave no place for security. Hence, vigilance must be exercised, lest the devices of Satan and of the wicked should succeed in circumventing us. It, however seems that we stand on slippery ground, and the certainty of our salvation is suspended, as it were, on a thread, since he declares to the faithful, that they ought to take heed lest they should fall from their own steadfastness.

What, then, will become of us, if we are exposed to the danger of falling? To this I answer, that this exhortation, and those like it, are by no means intended to shake the firmness of that faith which recumbs on God, but to correct the sloth of our flesh. If any one wishes to see more on this subject, let him read what has been said on the tenth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians.

The meaning is this, that as long as we are in the flesh, our tardiness must be roused, and that this is fitly done by having our weakness, and the variety of dangers which surround us, placed before our eyes; but that the confidence which rests on God's promises ought not to be thereby shaken.

Defender: 2Pe 3:17 - wicked

The term "wicked" here means "unsettled" or "lawless." These men were "unlearned and unstable" (2Pe 3:16) in the Scriptures and so were leading others astray with their twisting of God's Word to fit their own opinions. There are many such teachers today as well so "beware.""

TSK: 2Pe 3:17 - seeing // beware // being // from

seeing : 2Pe 1:12; Pro 1:17; Mat 24:24, Mat 24:25; Mar 13:23; Joh 16:4

beware : Mat 7:15, Mat 16:6, Mat 16:11; Phi 3:2; Col 2:8; 2Ti 4:15

being : 2Pe 2:18-20; Mat 24:24; Mar 13:22; Rom 16:18; 2Co 11:3, 2Co 11:13-15

from : 2Pe 1:10,2Pe 1:11, 2Pe 2:18-22; Act 2:42; 1Co 15:58; Eph 4:14; Col 2:5; Heb 3:14; 1Pe 5:9

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Poole: 2Pe 3:17 - Seeing ye know these things // Beware lest ye also // Fall from your own stedfastness

Seeing ye know these things which I have been now writing to you of, viz. That the Judge will certainly come; or, that heretics, deceivers, and scoffers will come; or both may be comprehended.

Beware lest ye also as well as others have been.

Fall from your own stedfastness the stedfastness of your faith. This admonition he gives them, not to discourage them with fear of apostacy, but to awaken them to that holy care which would be a means to prevent it; and so to keep them from security, and trust in themselves, not to weaken their faith, and reliance on the promise.

Haydock: 2Pe 3:17

Being forewarned, therefore, and knowing these things before, take heed not to be led away by the errors of such false and unwise teachers, whatever knowledge they boast of, as did the Gnostics. But make it your serious endeavour to increase in grace by God's assistance, in the true knowledge of our Lord God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, to whom, as being one God with his eternal Father and the Holy Ghost, be glory now, and for all eternity. Amen. (Witham)

Gill: 2Pe 3:17 - Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before // beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked // fall from your own steadfastness

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before,.... As that there will be such mockers and scoffers in the last days, and such unlearned and unstable men that will deprave the Scriptures, and wrest them in such a miserable manner:

beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked; from the simplicity of the Gospel, along with such wicked men, that wax worse and worse, deceivers and being deceived, by giving into any of their errors which respect the grace of God, or the person and offices of Christ, or particularly his second coming; be upon the watch and guard against them, having previous notice of them, for they lie in wait to deceive: lest ye

fall from your own steadfastness; which was proper to them, and which, by the grace of God, they had, and retained, both in the faith of Christ and doctrine of the Gospel; for though the saints can never finally and totally fall into sin, or from the truth, yet they may fall from their steadfastness, both as to the exercise of the grace of faith, and as to their profession of the doctrine of faith; and to be fluctuating, hesitating, and doubting in either respect, must be very uncomfortable and dishonourable.