2 Peter 3:3

It is important for you to understand that in the time immediately before Christ comes back, there will be people who will ridicule the idea of his coming back. Those people will do whatever evil things they wish to do.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

In Context

2I want you to remember the words that were spoken by the holy prophets {that the holy prophets spoke} long ago, and also to remember what our Lord and Savior commanded, things that we, your apostles, told you about.

4They will say, “ Although it was promised that Christ will come back, ◄ nothing has happened that would indicate that he is coming back./ what happened to the promise that he is coming back?► [RHQ] We say that because ever since the Christian leaders who lived long ago died [EUP], everything has remained the same. Things are as they always have been since God created the world!”

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:34Yahweh makes fun of those who make fun of others, but he kindly helps those who are humble.

Isaiah 5:19They make fun of God and say to him, “Go ahead, do something to punish us! We want to see what you will do. You, the Holy One of Israel, should do what you are planning to do, because we want to know what it is.”

Isaiah 29:20There will be no more people who ridicule others and no more arrogant people. And those who plan to do evil things will be executed.

2 Corinthians 4:2And I have determined that we (exc) will be honest [LIT] in everything that we do. We will not do anything that would cause us to be ashamed if people found out about it. We never try to deceive you with clever arguments, as some other people do. We never try to deceive you by changing God’s message, as those same people do. Instead, we always teach people only the truth about Christ, and we teach it clearly. Knowing that God is watching what we do, we teach his message in an honest way, with the result that no one can accuse us (exc) of being deceitful.

2 Timothy 3:1You need to realize that during the last days [MTY] before Christ returns, evil people will make it difficult for believers to behave as they should.

2 Peter 2:10He will punish especially severely those ungodly teachers who teach false things who do the things that their self-directed nature desires, things that ◄defile them/cause them to be completely impure►. Those teachers of false teachings despise all beings who rule over them. Because those teachers of false doctrines are extremely arrogant/proud [DOU], they ◄are not afraid to insult/boldly speak evil about► glorious beings in heaven (OR, glorious/wonderful beings who rule over people).

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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