2 Peter 3:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

In all

1 Peter 1:1

Hard

1 Kings 10:1

Hebrews 5:11

Unstable

Wrest

The other

Jeremiah 23:36

Matthew 15:3

Matthew 22:29

Unto their own

General references

Bible References

In all

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

Hard

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to prove him with hard questions.

Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing.

Unstable

having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;

Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power therefore. From these also turn away.

a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

Wrest

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice :

Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.

The other

And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more: for every man's own word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts our God.

And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

Unto their own

But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

General references

If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

for already some are turned aside after Satan.

a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.