2 Peter 3:2

that 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:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

3knowing this previously, that there will come in the last days scoffers, who will scoff, walking according to their own lusts;

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Cross References

Luke 24:27Then he began from Moses, and from all the prophets, and expounded to them concerning himself from all the scriptures.

Acts 3:18and God, according as he had previously announced by the mouth of all the prophets that the Messiah would suffer, hath in this manner fulfilled it.

Acts 3:24And all the prophets that have been, from Samuel and those after him, have spoken and proclaimed of these days.

Acts 28:23And they appointed him a day; and many assembled, and came to him at his lodgings. And he explained to them respecting the kingdom of God, testifying and persuading them concerning Jesus, out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

1 Peter 1:10that life namely, about which the prophets inquired, when they were prophesying of the grace which was to be given to you.

2 Peter 2:21For it would have been better for them, not to have known the way of righteousness, than after having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that was 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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