2 Peter 3:17

Ye therefore, my beloved, as ye know these things beforehand, guard yourselves, lest, by going after the error of the lawless, ye fall from your steadfastness.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

In Context

16as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which there is something difficult to be understood; and which they who are ignorant and unstable, pervert, as they do also the rest of the scriptures, to their own destruction.

18But be ye growing in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Redeemer Jesus the Messiah, and of God the Father: whose is the glory, now, and always, and to the days of eternity. Amen.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets; who come to you in the garb of sheep, but internally they are rapacious wolves.

Matthew 16:11How is it that ye do not understand that it was not concerning bread that I spoke to you; but that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

Mark 13:22For false Messiahs will arise, and lying prophets; and they will give signs and wonders; and will deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Acts 2:42And they persevered in the doctrine of the legates; and were associated together in prayer, and in breaking the eucharist.

1 Corinthians 10:12Wherefore, let him who thinketh he standeth, beware lest he fall.

2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear, lest, as the serpent beguiled Eve by his craftiness, so your minds should be corrupted from simplicity towards the Messiah.

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 3:12-18

Solemn Exhortations. ( a. d. 67.) 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent… Read the whole commentary →

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