2 Peter · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
2 Peter 3 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Δευτέραν ήδη ταύτην την επιστολήν σας γράφω, αγαπητοί, με τας οποίας διεγείρω δι' υπενθυμίσεως την ειλικρινή σας διάνοιαν,
1 This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you
2 διά να ενθυμηθήτε τους λόγους τους προλαληθέντας υπό των αγίων προφητών και την παραγγελίαν ημών των αποστόλων του Κυρίου και Σωτήρος·
2 that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets and the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,
3 τούτο πρώτον γνωρίζοντες, ότι θέλουσιν ελθεί εν ταις εσχάταις ημέραις εμπαίκται, περιπατούντες κατά τας ιδίας αυτών επιθυμίας
3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts
4 και λέγοντες· Που είναι η υπόσχεσις της παρουσίας αυτού; διότι αφ' ης ημέρας οι πατέρες εκοιμήθησαν, τα πάντα διαμένουσιν ούτως απ' αρχής της κτίσεως.
4 and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
5 Διότι εκουσίως αγνοούσι τούτο, ότι με τον λόγον του Θεού οι ουρανοί έγειναν έκπαλαι και η γη συνεστώσα εξ ύδατος και δι' ύδατος,
5 For they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,
6 διά των οποίων ο τότε κόσμος απωλέσθη κατακλυσθείς υπό του ύδατος·
6 by which means the world that existed then, being overflowed with water, perished.
7 οι δε σημερινοί ουρανοί και η γη διά του αυτού λόγου είναι αποτεταμιευμένοι, φυλαττόμενοι διά το πυρ εις την ημέραν της κρίσεως και της απωλείας των ασεβών ανθρώπων.
7 But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
8 Εν δε τούτο ας μη σας λανθάνη, αγαπητοί, ότι παρά Κυρίω μία ημέρα είναι ως χίλια έτη και χίλια έτη ως ημέρα μία.
8 But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 Δεν βραδύνει ο Κύριος την υπόσχεσιν αυτού, ως τινές λογίζονται τούτο βραδύτητα, αλλά μακροθυμεί εις ημάς, μη θέλων να απολεσθώσι τινές, αλλά πάντες να έλθωσιν εις μετάνοιαν.
9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 Θέλει δε ελθεί η ημέρα του Κυρίου ως κλέπτης εν νυκτί, καθ' ην οι ουρανοί θέλουσι παρέλθει με συριγμόν, τα στοιχεία δε πυρακτούμενα θέλουσι διαλυθή, και η γη και τα εν αυτή έργα θέλουσι κατακαή.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat; and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
11 Επειδή λοιπόν πάντα ταύτα διαλύονται, οποίοι πρέπει να ήσθε σεις εις πολίτευμα άγιον και ευσέβειαν,
11 Therefore, since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,
12 προσμένοντες και σπεύδοντες εις την παρουσίαν της ημέρας του Θεού, καθ' ην οι ουρανοί πυρούμενοι θέλουσι διαλυθή και τα στοιχεία πυρακτούμενα θέλουσι χωνευθή;
12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
13 Κατά δε την υπόσχεσιν αυτού νέους ουρανούς και νέαν γην προσμένομεν, εν οις δικαιοσύνη κατοικεί.
13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
14 Διά τούτο, αγαπητοί, ταύτα προσμένοντες, σπουδάσατε να ευρεθήτε άσπιλοι και αμώμητοι ενώπιον αυτού εν ειρήνη,
14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.
15 και νομίζετε σωτηρίαν την μακροθυμίαν του Κυρίου ημών, καθώς και ο αγαπητός ημών αδελφός Παύλος έγραψε προς εσάς κατά την δοθείσαν εις αυτόν σοφίαν,
15 Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,
16 ως και εν πάσαις ταις επιστολαίς αυτού, λαλών εν αυταίς περί τούτων, μεταξύ των οποίων είναι τινά δυσνόητα, τα οποία οι αμαθείς και αστήρικτοι στρεβλόνουσιν, ως και τας λοιπάς γραφάς προς την ιδίαν αυτών απώλειαν.
16 as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
17 Σεις λοιπόν, αγαπητοί, προγνωρίζοντες ταύτα φυλάττεσθε, διά να μη παρασυρθήτε με την πλάνην των ανόμων και εκπέσητε από τον στηριγμόν σας,
17 You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
18 αυξάνεσθε δε εις την χάριν και εις την γνώσιν του Κυρίου ημών και Σωτήρος Ιησού Χριστού· εις αυτόν έστω η δόξα και νυν και εις ημέραν αιώνος· αμήν.
18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Timothy 1:6; 2 Peter 1:12–15; 1 Peter 1:1–2; Matthew 5:8; Psalm 73:1
- 2 Jude 17; Luke 1:70; 2 Peter 2:21; Luke 24:44; 2 Peter 1:19–21
- 3 Jude 18; 1 Timothy 4:1–2; 2 Peter 2:10; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Jude 16
- 4 Jeremiah 17:15; Malachi 2:17; Jeremiah 5:12–13; Luke 12:45; Isaiah 5:18–19
- 5 Hebrews 11:3; Psalm 24:2; Genesis 1:9; Genesis 1:6; Psalm 136:6
- 6 Matthew 24:38–39; 2 Peter 2:5; Luke 17:27; Genesis 7:10–23; Job 12:15
- 7 2 Peter 3:10; Isaiah 51:6; 2 Peter 3:12; Revelation 21:1; Matthew 24:35
- 8 Psalm 90:4
- 9 1 Timothy 2:4; Romans 2:4; Habakkuk 2:3; Psalm 86:15; Isaiah 30:18
- 10 Revelation 21:1; Matthew 24:35; 2 Peter 3:7; Revelation 16:15; Isaiah 51:6
- 11 1 Peter 1:15; Philippians 1:27; 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Peter 3:12
- 12 2 Peter 3:10; Isaiah 34:4; Micah 1:4; Titus 2:13; Psalm 50:3
- 13 Isaiah 65:17; Revelation 21:1; Isaiah 66:22; Revelation 21:27; Isaiah 60:21
- 14 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; Philippians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 John 3:3
- 15 Romans 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 Timothy 1:16; 1 Peter 3:20; James 3:17
- 16 Matthew 15:6; Hebrews 5:11; James 1:8; 2 Peter 2:14; Philippians 3:19
- 17 Hebrews 3:14; Colossians 2:8; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Corinthians 10:12
- 18 Colossians 1:10; Ephesians 4:15; 1 Peter 2:2; Colossians 3:10; Philippians 3:8
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And there are some, again, who relegate the death of Adam to the thousandth year; for since "a day of the Lord is as a thousand years," he did not overstep the thousand years, but died within them, thus bearing out the sentence of his sin.
… and was on account of his great sin dismissed from the blessedness of paradise into the woes of this mortal life, so that thus, as it is written, "One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day," there should follow on the completion of six thousand years, as of six days, a …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For the day of the Lord is as a thousand years; and in six days created things were completed: it is evident, therefore, that they will come to an end at the sixth thousand year.
Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." There is nothing said here about the resurrection of the dead, but enough certainly regarding the destruction of this world.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… it is sufficiently obvious what part of the world is signified by the whole, and in what sense the word perished is to be taken, and what heavens were kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. And when he says a little afterwards, "The day of the Lord will come as …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)