13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-18)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 revealed in scripture should be improved for our advancement in practical godliness: this is the effect that knowledge must produce, or we are never the better for it. If you know these things, happy are…
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