Verse 15.— And account that the long-suffering. Consider that the delay in the coming of the Lord is his long-suffering with the impenitent, giving them an extension of time in which to secure their salvation. As our beloved brother Paul. Here Peter informs us of his knowledge, of some at least, of Paul's epistles. The churches of Galatia, Colosse and Ephesus were in Asia Minor. To these churches Paul had written. Peter evidently had seen these letters, and herein he gives them his apostolic commendation.