2 Peter 3:1
Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking
2 by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
3 Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking
- KJV
- This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
- WEB
- This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you
- ASV
- This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance;
- DARBY
- This, a second letter, beloved, I already write to you, in [both] which I stir up, in the way of putting you in remembrance, your pure mind,
- BLB
- Beloved, this [is] now the second letter I am writing to you⁺ in which I am stirring up your⁺ pure mind in a reminder
- ÅB
- Dette er nå allerede det andre brevet jeg skriver til dere, dere elskede, for ved påminnelse å vekke den oppriktige innstillingen deres til live,
- OTB
- Elskede, dette er nå det andre brevet jeg skriver til dere, hvor jeg vekker deres oppriktige sinn ved påminnelse,
- B1930
- Dette er nu alt det annet brev jeg skriver til eder, I elskede, for atter ved påminnelse å vekke eders rene hu
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Timothy 1:6
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
Read in context2 Peter 1:12–15
Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
Read in context1 Peter 1:1–2
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
Read in contextMatthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Read in contextPsalms 73:1
Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:22
Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
Read in contextPsalms 24:4
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
Read in context1 Peter 1:22
Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
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