2 Peter 3:1

This second epistle, my beloved, I now write to you; in both of which I stir up your honest mind by admonition:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

2that ye may be mindful of the words which were formerly spoken by the holy prophets, and of the injunction of our Lord and Redeemer by the hand of the legates:

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Cross References

Matthew 5:8Blessed are the clean in heart: for they shall behold God!

1 Timothy 5:22Lay not the hand hastily on any man; and participate not in the sins of others; keep thyself pure.

1 Peter 1:1PETER, a legate of Jesus the Messiah, to the elect and sojourners, who are dispersed in Pontus and in Galatia, and in Cappadocia, and in Asia, and in Bithynia,

2 Peter 1:12And for this reason I am not wearied in reminding you continually of these things; although ye know them well, and are established in this truth.

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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