Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
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Gill's Exposition
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,.... By fire; the heaven with all its host, sun, moon, and stars, clouds, meteors, and fowls of the air; the earth, and all that is upon it,…
Barnes' Notes
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved - Since this is an undoubted truth. What manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness - In holy conduct and piety. That…
Adam Clarke
All these things shall be dissolved - They will all be separated, all decomposed; but none of them destroyed. And as they are the original matter out of which God formed the terraqueous globe,…
The apostle, having instructed them in the doctrine of Christ's second coming,
I. Takes occasion thence to exhort them to purity and godliness in their whole conversation: all the truths which are…
Cambridge Bible
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved Literally, Seeing therefore that all these things are being dissolved. The Greek participle is in the present tense, and is probably used to convey…
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