...private interpretation, and in which are certain things; hard to be understood, which the utdeiirned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their onn destruction. 2 Pet. iii. 16. Will not they, therefore, who thus invite those they suppose to be...

...assures us that, in St. Paul's epistles, there are some things hard to be understood, which they who are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the...scriptures, to their own destruction. 2 Pet. iii. 1C. We are directed by St. Paul to standfast, and Jwld the traditions which we have been taught, whether...

...Calvin. ' Non equidem, &c.'t , " In which are some things hard to be understood; " which they that are unlearned and unstable, wrest, as " they do also the other scriptures, to their own de" struction."J P. Ixxviii. 1. 21. ' Obedience, &c.'$ If after the words practicable duty, the clause...

...of his beloved brother Paul, " that they contain things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction." He foretels that false teachers shall arise, " who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying...

...me to an interpretation of a passage in the second Epistle of Peter iii. 16, ' " which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction." Is it not better to say, " which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do other writings,...

...speaking in them of these things ; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable, wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction, ver. 14, &c. He seems purposely to have made mention of St. Paul in this place, not only because he...

...that in the Epistles of Paul there are " many things hard to he understood, •which the unlearned nnd unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction." Is it not to be feared that this is the case to the present day ? IJow much safer is it for us to endeavour...

...says, that in the Epistles of Paul, there are " Some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and 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 inspiration of the Scriptures. The...

...us, that, in St. Paul's Epistles, there" are some things hard to be understood, which they, who are unlearned and unstable, wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction." (2Pet.iii. 16.) We are directed by St. Paul, to " stand fast, and hold the traditions which we have...

...these things : of which things some are hard to be' understood, which the unlearned and unsteadfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction. 17 Since therefore, beloved, ye know these things before, beware lest ye be led away with the error...