2 Peter 3:2

I want you to recollect the words that were foretold by the holy prophets, and the command of your Lord and Saviour, given you through your apostles.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

1This is now my second letter to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your pure minds by putting you in remembrance.

3Know this first, that mockers will come in the last days, in their mockery, men who walk the way of their own lusts

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Cross References

Luke 24:27And beginning with Moses and the Prophets, he interpreted all the passages concerning himself.

Acts 3:18"But God has thus fulfilled what he foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

Acts 3:24"Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and his successors, all that have spoken, have also told of those days.

Acts 28:23So they arranged a day with him and came to him in his lodgings in great numbers. He expounded the matter to them; testifying to the Kingdom of God, and persuading them about Jesus, from morning till evening, both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.

1 Peter 1:10Concerning this salvation the Prophets who prophesied regarding the grace intended for you, diligently sought and searched.

2 Peter 2:21Indeed it would have been better for them not to have known the Way of Righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them.

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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