ACC ~ 2 Peter 1 v1

SIMON PETER. HILARY OF ARLES: In his second letter Peter describes himself both as Simon and as a servant, in order to show that he was humble and obedient. In his first letter he confined himself to the name Peter, which had been given to him by the Lord himself and signified that he was the chief of the apostles, but here he reverts to his original name Simon in order to show those who preferred to forget his Jewish origins that he had not rejected them. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.

THE GRACE OF BAPTISM THE SAME. ANDREAS: Notice how right from the start Peter encourages the souls of the believers by raising them up to the same spiritual level as that of the apostles. For the grace of baptism is the same in every believer. CATENA.

A FAITH OF EQUAL STANDING. OECUMENIUS: Simon may also be written as “Simeon,” of which it is the diminutive form. Compare Metras and Metrodorus, Menas and Menodorus, Theudas and Theodosius. Right from the beginning, Peter lifts up the hearts and minds of believers, encouraging us also to share in the apostles’ zeal for preaching. For it would be unjust to suggest that those who have received this gift a little later in time are somehow inferior to them, when they have officially been declared to be their equals in honor. COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.

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