2 Peter 3:3
Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, following their own evil desires.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 3:34He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
Isaiah 5:19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
Isaiah 29:20For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
2 Timothy 3:1But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
2 Peter 2:10Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
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 →