2 Peter 3:3
This first vnderstande, that there shall come in the last dayes, mockers, which wil walke after their lustes,
Geneva Bible 1599
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 3:34With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.
Isaiah 5:19Which say, Let him make speede: let him hasten his worke, that wee may see it: and let the counsell of the holy one of Israel draw neere and come, that we may knowe it.
Isaiah 29:20For the cruel man shall cease, and the scornefull shalbe consumed: and all that hasted to iniquitie, shalbe cut off:
2 Corinthians 4:2But haue cast from vs ye clokes of shame, and walke not in craftines, neither handle we the worde of God deceitfully: but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God.
2 Timothy 3:1This knowe also, that in the last dayes shall come perilous times.
2 Peter 2:10And chiefly them that walke after the flesh, in the lust of vncleannesse, and despise gouernement, which are bolde, and stand in their owne conceite, and feare not to speake euill of them that are in dignitie.
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 →