Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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2 Peter 3:18

grow—Not only do not "fall from" (II Peter 3:17), but grow onward: the true secret of not going backward. Ephesians 4:15, "Grow up into Him, the Head, Christ."

grace and . . . knowledge of . . . Christ—"the grace and knowledge of Christ" [ALFORD rightly]: the grace of which Christ is the author, and the knowledge of which Christ is the object.

for ever—Greek, "to the day of eternity": the day that has no end: "the day of the Lord," beginning with the Lord's coming.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Peter 3:18:

Titus 1:4
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