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2 Peter 3:3
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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.  
9 aThe Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but bis longsuffering toward us, cnot willing that any should perish but dthat all should come to repentance.  

The Day of the Lord

10 But athe day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which bthe heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be1 burned up.  
11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be ain holy conduct and godliness,  
12 alooking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will bbe dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will cmelt with fervent heat?  
13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for anew heavens and a bnew earth in which righteousness dwells.  

Be Steadfast

14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent ato be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;  
15 and consider that athe longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,  
16 as also in all his aepistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the brest of the Scriptures.  
17 You therefore, beloved, asince you know this beforehand, bbeware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked;  
Verse Comparison: 2 Peter 3:3

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American Standard Version
knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,

Amplified® Bible
To begin with, you must know {and} understand this, that scoffers (mockers) will come in the last days with scoffing, [people who] walk after their own fleshly desires

Contemporary English Version
But first you must realize that in the last days some people won't think about anything except their own selfish desires. They will make fun of you

Darby English Version
knowing this first, that there shall come at [the] close of the days mockers with mocking, walking according to their own lusts,

Good News Bible
First of all, you must understand that in the last days some people will appear whose lives are controlled by their own lusts. They will make fun of you

International Standard Version
First of all you must understand this: In the last days mockers will come and, following their own desires, will ridicule us

King James Version
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

New American Standard Bible
Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with {their} mocking, following after their own lusts,

New International Version
First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

New King James Version
knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts,

Young's Literal Translation
this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on,


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