2 Peter 1:9 — Community Reflections

2 PETER 1:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 1

“But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.”

For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind (myōpazōn), having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins — myōpia (nearsightedness) describes moral shortsightedness that fails to see either one's past deliverance or future hope. The forgetting (lethaō) is not mere amnesia but willful ignorance of redemptive history. The clause illuminates why virtue-building is not optional: disconnection from one's cleansing produces spiritual darkness.

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God's faithfulness through history — 2 Peter 1

God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. This connects directly to the promise made to Abraham. God is faithful in every...