...STUDYING THE EPISTLES. As also, in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things : in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are...wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto tlteir own destruction. 2 PETER iii. 16. SOME, whom I am addressing, may recollect, that I have formerly...

...as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things ; in which are some things hard lobe understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable,...the other scriptures, unto their own destruction." The original of that part of the passage quoted above, which is printed in italicks, is, in the common...

...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 that are...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...

...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, unto tlieir own destruction. 2 Peter i. 19. We have also a BG more sure word of prophecy ; whereunto ye...

...1 2 Pet. iii. 16. As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things ; in which are some things hard to be understood, 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...

...* 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...

...Peter's " beloved bro" ther Paul," who " wrote according to the wisdom " given to him,") " are some things hard to be " understood, which they that are unlearned and " unstable wrest, as they do the other scriptures, " to their own destruction." ' These scriptures shew that there may be good reasons...

...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...

...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 other scriptures, to their own destruction." (2Pet.iii. 16.) We are directed by St. Paul, to " stand fast, and hold the...

...written unto you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things ; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are...the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. EVERY attentive and intelligent reader of the scriptures, must have felt the truth implied in this...