ACC ~ 2 Peter 1 v12

THOUGH YOU KNOW THEM. HILARY OF ARLES: The people to whom Peter is writing already know what he has to say because they have read his first letter. The truth which he has to share with them is the New Testament, for as Paul said: “The old has passed away, and all things are made new in Christ.” INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.

WHAT TO FEAR, WHAT TO SEEK. ANDREAS: Peter repeats what he has already said about virtue and the commandments consequent on it, through which we shall enter the kingdom of heaven with great assurance. Notice how, when speaking of the kingdom of heaven, Peter first goes over the things we should be afraid of and then over the good things, ending up with the judgment seat. CATENA.

I INTEND ALWAYS TO REMIND YOU. BEDE: Why did Peter want to go on reminding people of these things, when he says that they know them and are already established in the presence of the truth? Perhaps the reason was that he wanted them to turn their head knowledge into practical action and maintain the truth which they knew they had, in order to escape being led away from the purity and simplicity of their faith by teachers of heresy, of whom he has a good deal to say in the course of his letter. Compare what Peter says to John’s statement in his first epistle: “I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it.” The apostles wrote to people who knew the truth already and exhorted them to live up to what they knew. As John added a little further on: “Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you.” ON 2 PETER.

BEING CONSTANTLY REMINDED. OECUMENIUS: Peter tells his hearers that they already know what he is talking about, so that they will not think that it is because they are lazy that they have to be constantly reminded of these things and get upset as a result. COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.

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