2 Peter 3:1
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
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
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
Read in context2 Peter 1:12–15
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
Read in context1 Peter 1:1–2
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
Read in contextMatthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Read in contextPsalms 73:1
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:22
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
Read in contextPsalms 24:4
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Read in context1 Peter 1:22
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
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