2 Peter 3:11

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Everything will be destroyed in this way. So what kind of people should you be? Your lives should be holy and devoted to God. ¹¹ Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of persons ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, ¹¹ Yf all these thinges shall perisshe what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conversacion and godlynes: ¹¹ Therefore since all these things are thus to be destroyed, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy living and godliness, ¹¹ Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,¹¹ In that way everything will be destroyed. So what kind of people should you be? You should live holy lives and serve God, ¹¹ Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in [all] holy living and godliness, ¹¹ [Seeing] then [that] all these things will be dissolved, what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy deportment and godliness, ¹¹ Therefore since all these things are thus to be destroyed, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy living and godliness, ¹¹ Seeing then all these things are dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

Bible Verse Review
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all these: 2 Peter 3:12, Psalms 75:3, Isaiah 14:31, Isaiah 24:19, Isaiah 34:4

what: Matthew 8:27, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, James 1:24

in all: Psalms 37:14, Psalms 50:23, 2 Corinthians 1:12, Philippians 1:27, Philippians 3:20, 1 Timothy 4:12, Hebrews 13:5, James 3:13, 1 Peter 1:15, 1 Peter 2:12

godliness: 2 Peter 1:3, 2 Peter 1:6, 1 Timothy 3:16, 1 Timothy 6:3, 1 Timothy 6:6, 1 Timothy 6:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 9:11 - neither shall all Exodus 19:15 - Be ready Ecclesiastes 11:10 - remove Isaiah 16:5 - hasting Nahum 2:6 - dissolved Matthew 24:2 - There Matthew 24:43 - had Luke 1:17 - to make John 6:27 - the meat Romans 8:19 - expectation 2 Corinthians 5:1 - dissolved 2 Corinthians 5:8 - and willing Philippians 4:1 - Therefore 1 Timothy 2:10 - women 2 Timothy 3:10 - manner 2 Timothy 3:12 - live Titus 1:1 - after Titus 2:12 - live Hebrews 10:25 - as ye Hebrews 12:14 - and holiness Hebrews 12:15 - Looking Hebrews 12:27 - signifieth 1 Peter 3:2 - behold

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
And the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
But the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's [innocent] blood is crying out to Me from the ground [for justice].

Genesis 4:10
And God seide to Cayn, What hast thou do? the vois of the blood of thi brother crieth to me fro erthe.

Genesis 4:10
And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;

Genesis 4:10
"What have you done?" replied the LORD. "The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[Seeing] then [that] all these things shall be dissolved,.... By fire; the heaven with all its host, sun, moon, and stars, clouds, meteors, and fowls of the air; the earth, and all that is upon it, whether of nature, or art; and, since nothing is more certain than such a dissolution of all things,

what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy conversation and godliness? not as the scoffers and profane sinners, who put away this evil day far from them, but as men, who have their loins girt, and their lights burning, waiting for their Lord's coming; being continually in the exercise of grace, and in the discharge of their religious duties, watching, praying, hearing, reading; living soberly, righteously, and godly; guarding against intemperance and worldly mindedness, and every worldly and hurtful lust.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved - Since this is an undoubted truth.

What manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness - In holy conduct and piety. That is, this fact ought to be allowed to exert a deep and abiding influence on us, to induce us to lead holy lives. We should feel that there is nothing permanent on the earth that this is not our abiding home; and that our great interests are in another world. We should be serious, humble, and prayerful; and should make it our great object to be prepared for the solemn scenes through which we are soon to pass. An habitual contemplation of the truth, that all that we see is soon to pass away, would produce a most salutary effect on the mind. It would make us serious. It would repress ambition. It would lead us not to desire to accumulate what must so soon be destroyed. It would prompt us to lay up our treasures in heaven. It would cause us to ask with deep earnestness whether we are prepared for these amazing scenes, should they suddenly burst upon us.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 11. All these things shall be dissolved — They will all be separated, all decomposed; but none of them destroyed. And as they are the original matter out of which God formed the terraqueous globe, consequently they may enter again into the composition of a new system; and therefore the apostle says, 2 Peter 3:13: we look for new heavens and a new earth-the others being decomposed, a new system is to be formed out of their materials. There is a wonderful philosophic propriety in the words of the apostle in describing this most awful event.

What manner of persons ought ye to be — Some put the note of interrogation at the end of this clause, and join the remaining part with the 12th verse, 2 Peter 3:12 thus: Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be? By holy conversation and godliness, expecting and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, c. Only those who walk in holiness, who live a godly and useful life, can contemplate this most awful time with joy.

The word σπευδοντας, which we translate hasting unto, should be tendered earnestly desiring, or wishing for which is a frequent meaning of the word in the best Greek writers.