2 Peter 1:9

1:9 But ¹  concerning the one who lacks such things ²  – he is blind. That is to say, he is ³  nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins.

2 Peter 3:17

3:17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, ⁴  be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men ⁵  and fall from your firm grasp on the truth. ⁶ 

---

¹ tn Grk “for.” The connection, though causal, is also adversative.

² tn Grk “to the one for whom these things are not present.”

³ tn The words “that is to say, he is” are not in Greek. The word order is unusual. One might expect the author to have said “he is nearsighted and blind” (as the NIV has so construed it), but this is not the word order in Greek. Perhaps the author begins with a strong statement followed by a clarification, i.e., that being nearsighted in regard to these virtues is as good as being blind.

⁴ tn Grk “knowing beforehand.”

⁵ tn Or “lawless ones.”

sn These unprincipled men. The same word is used in 2:7, suggesting further that the heretics in view in chapter 3 are the false teachers of chapter 2.

⁶ tn Grk “fall from your firmness.”