2 Peter 3:1

Behold this second epistle I write to you, my dearly beloved, in which I stir up by way of admonition your sincere mind:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

In Context

2That you may be mindful of those words which I told you before from the holy prophets, and of your apostles, of the precepts of the Lord and Saviour.

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Cross References

Psalms 24:4The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.

Matthew 5:8Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God.

1 Timothy 5:22Impose not hands lightly upon any man, neither be partaker of other men's sins. Keep thyself chaste.

1 Peter 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect,

2 Peter 1:12For which cause I will begin to put you always in remembrance of these things: though indeed you know them, and are confirmed in the present truth.

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 3:1

The apostle drawing towards the conclusion of his second epistle, begins this last chapter with repeating the account of his design and scope in writing a second time to them, ver. 1-2 . II. He proceeds to mention one thing that induced him to write this second epistle, namely, the coming of scoffers, whom he describes, ver. 3-7 . III. He instructs and establishes them in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ to judgment, ver. 8-10 . IV. He sets forth the use and improvement which Christians ought to make of… Read the whole commentary →

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