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What does 2 Peter 3:18 mean? Verses 17 and 18 are the conclusion of Peter's letter and should be taken together. These words summarize Peter's letter, and include both a warning against being misled by the false teachers and an encouragement to keep growing in Christ.
The context suggests that the early church faced challenges from false teachings and moral decadence, and thus, Peter urges his readers to remain steadfast and continually enhance their understanding of God’s grace and his teachings.
31 lip 2023 · Peter concluded his last recorded epistle with a command to grow in grace and knowledge. What does this mean for our Christian life?
20 mar 2013 · So Peter tells us that to persevere as a Christian, we must guard ourselves from spiritual error and grow in the grace and knowledge of Him. Finally, 3. To persevere as a Christian, live to glorify Jesus Christ (3:18b). Peter ends with a doxology (3:18b): “To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”
It reads there: ‘Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour.’. The effect of that alteration being to bring out more clearly that whilst the direction of the growth is twofold, the process is one. And to bring out more clearly, also, that both the grace and the knowledge have connection with Jesus Christ.
4 sty 2022 · Second Peter 3:18 tells us to “grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.” To grow in grace is to mature as a Christian. We are saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8–9), and we mature and are sanctified by grace alone. We know that grace is a blessing that we don’t deserve.
15 gru 2019 · 2 Peter 3:17-18: Be on your guard. So many things feel uncertain. We don’t know what the future holds. People have been holding out making big decisions until we know the outcome of last week’s election, or until we know how Brexit will play out.
