...scripture saith in vain ?" 1 Peter ii. 6—•' Also it is contained in the scriptures ;" 2, iii. 16— " Which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unte their own destruction ;" i. 20—" No prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation."...

...Advocate. COMMENT ON 2 PETER ill. 15, 16. " AND account that the long suffering of our Lord is salvation ; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to...them of these things ; in which are some things hard lobe understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable, wrest, as they do also the other scriptures,...

...finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor 1 2 Pet. iii. 16. As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these...which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as ihetj do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Isiai. xxxiii. 13. Hear ye that are...

...are the commandments of the Lord." 1 Cor. 14. 37. St. Peter says, that in the Epistles of Paul, there are " Some things hard to be understood, which they...unstable," wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction." 2 Pet. 3. 16. These passages are decided testimonies in favor of the full...

...justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when iliou art judged. SECTION X. 2 Peter iii. 16. As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things ; in which are some things hard to !ie understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest : as they do also the other Scriptures,...

...have formerly delivered two discourses from these words, in connexion with the preceding verse ; " Even as our beloved brother Paul, also, according to the wisdom given unto him, has written unto you." I shall make no further use of these sermons, at this time, than merely to repeat...

...* Isaiah xxxv. 8. F 3 " rant and unstable," (unstable, not steady in their religious principles,) " wrest as they " do also the other Scriptures unto their " own destruction*." If a man sits down to read the book of God with a proud conceit of his own abilities, of the powers...

...revelation in general, and from this in particular, but the doctrines themselves arc not his suggestions. " Even as our beloved brother Paul " also, according...that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they " do the other scriptures, to their own destruc" tion." l The doctrine may be scriptural, wholesome, nutrimcntal,...

...PETER, in the close of his second epistle, has occasion to remark, that, in the writings of St. Paul, '' are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest unto their own destruction." That in the writings of this apostle some passages are obscure, and the...

...salvation: as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given him, hath written to you; 16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things : of which things some are hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unsteadfast wrest, as they...