2 Peter 3:4

2 Peter 3:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 the creation.
• New International Version (NIV)They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)They will say, "Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation."
• New King James Version (NKJV)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 creation.”

Context of 2 Peter 3:4

2that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles. 3Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.” 5For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, 6through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.

2 Peter 3:4 word by word

καὶ λέγοντες· ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ; ἀφ᾽ ἧς γὰρ οἱ πατέρες ἐκοιμήθησαν, πάντα οὕτως διαμένει ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως.Read the interlinear

• and sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Whereποῦpou · where?G4226
• is the promiseἐπαγγελίαepaggelia · promiseG1860
• comingπαρουσίαparousia · comingG3952
• sinceἀπόapo · away fromG575
• sinceὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• the fathersπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• fellκοιμάωkoimaō · to sleepG2837
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• continuesδιαμένωdiamenō · to remainG1265
• justοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• from the beginningἀρχήarchē · beginningG746
• of creationκτίσιςktisis · creationG2937

Cross-references for 2 Peter 3:4

• Genesis 19:14Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, “Up, get out of this place, for the Lord will destroy the city.” But he appeared to his sons-in-law to be jesting.
• Ecclesiastes 1:9That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.
• Ecclesiastes 8:11Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.
• Isaiah 5:18Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood, And sin as if with cart ropes;
• Jeremiah 5:12They have lied about the Lord And said, “Not He; Misfortune will not come on us, And we will not see sword or famine.
• Jeremiah 17:15Look, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come now!”
• Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is this proverb you people have concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are long and every vision fails’?
• Malachi 2:17You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
• Matthew 24:28Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.
• Luke 12:45But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and begins to beat the slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk;
• Mark 13:19For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will.
• Revelation 3:14“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this:

Commentaries on 2 Peter 3:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Where is the promise of his coming? - Perhaps the false teachers here referred to were such as believed in the eternity of the world: the prophets and the apostles had foretold its destruction, and they took it for granted, if this were true, that the terrestrial machine would have begun long ago to have shown some symptoms of decay; but they found that since the patriarchs died all things remained as they were from the foundation of the world; that is…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? - That is, either, Where is the “fulfillment” of that promise; or, Where are the “indications” or “signs” that he will come? They evidently meant to imply that the promise had utterly failed; that there was not the slightest evidence that it would be accomplished; that they who had believed this were entirely deluded. It is possible that some of the early Christians, even in the time of the apostles, had…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4since our fathers fell asleep: The false teachers were probably claiming that nothing had really changed in history. They argued that, even though God promised to act, God had never intervened and never would.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. (Compare Psa 10:11; 73:11.) Presumptuous skepticism and lawless lust, setting nature and its so-called laws above the God of nature and revelation, and arguing from the past continuity of nature's phenomena that there can be no future interruption to them, was the sin of the antediluvians, and shall be that of the scoffers in the last days. Where--implying that it ought to have taken place before this, if ever it was to take place, but that it never…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Peter 3:4

• Blasphemy
• Infidelity
• Jesus Continued
• Scoffing
• Self-Delusion
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Asleep
• Dissolve
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Hard
• Promise
• Wrest
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Father
• Heavens, New (and Earth, New)
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on 2 Peter 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings