2 Peter 3:2

to be mindful of the words spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of the Lord and Saviour by your apostles;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

1This, 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,

3knowing this first, that there shall come at [the] close of the days mockers with mocking, walking according to their own lusts,

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Cross References

Luke 24:27And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

Acts 3:18but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

Acts 3:24And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession after [him], as many as have spoken, have announced also these days.

Acts 28:23And having appointed him a day many came to him to the lodging, to whom he expounded, testifying of the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from early morning to evening.

1 Peter 1:10Concerning which salvation prophets, who have prophesied of the grace towards you, sought out and searched out;

2 Peter 2:21For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known [it] to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 3:2-3

Adhere to Words of the Prophets and Commandments of the Apostles. ( a. d. 67.) 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: That the apostle might the better reach his end in writing this epistle, which is to make them steady and constant in a fiducial and practical remembrance of the doctrine… Read the whole commentary →

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