2 Peter 3:1 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Peter 3:1

God’s Promise Is Not Slack

1 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which ^aI stir up your pure minds by way of reminder),

2 that you may be mindful of the words ^awhich were spoken before by the holy prophets, ^band of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,

3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, ^awalking according to their own lusts,

4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of ^acreation.”

5 For this they willfully forget: that ^aby the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth ^bstanding out of water and in the water,

6 ^aby which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.

7 But ^athe heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for ^bfire until the day of judgment and¹ perdition of ungodly men.

8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and ^aa thousand years as one day.

Verse Comparison: 2 Peter 3:1

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American Standard Version
This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance;

Amplified® Bible
BELOVED, I am now writing you this second letter. In [both of] them I have stirred up your unsullied (sincere) mind by way of remembrance,

Contemporary English Version
My dear friends, this is the second letter I have written to encourage you to do some honest thinking. I don't want you to forget

Darby English Version
This, a second letter, beloved, I already write to you, in [both] which I stir up, in the way of putting you in remembrance, your pure mind,

Good News Bible
My dear friends, this is now the second letter I have written you. In both letters I have tried to arouse pure thoughts in your minds by reminding you of these things.

International Standard Version
Dear friends, this is now the second letter I am writing to you. In them I have been trying to stimulate your pure minds by reminding you

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:

New American Standard Bible
This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,

New International Version
Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.

New King James Version
Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder),

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
This constitutes now, beloved, the second letter I write to you in which I stir up your sincere mind by way of reminder,

Young's Literal Translation
This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding `you',

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