2 Peter 3:1

Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking

Berean Standard Bible

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

2by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

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Cross References

Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

1 Timothy 5:22Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

1 Peter 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

2 Peter 1:12Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.

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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