New King James Version
2 Peter 3:3
3knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts,
2 Peter 3:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
- New International Version (NIV)Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
- English Standard Version (ESV)knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires.
Context of 2 Peter 3:3
1Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 2that you 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 Savior, knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4and 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.” 5For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water,
Read all of 2 Peter 32 Peter 3:3 word by word
τοῦτο πρῶτον γινώσκοντες ὅτι ἐλεύσονται ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐν ἐμπαιγμονῇ ἐμπαῖκται κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας αὐτῶν πορευόμενοιRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Knowingγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- firstπρῶτονprōton · firstG4412
- thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- there shall comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
- theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- lastἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078
- daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- scoffersἐμπαίκτηςempaiktēs · a mockerG1703
- walkingπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
- afterκατάkata · according toG2596
- theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
- lustsἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
Cross-references for 2 Peter 3:3
- 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,
- 2 Timothy 3:1But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:
- 1 John 2:18Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.
- Jude 1:18how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.
- Proverbs 3:34Surely He scorns the scornful, But gives grace to the humble.
- Proverbs 14:6A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it, But knowledge is easy to him who understands.
- Isaiah 5:19That say, “Let Him make speed and hasten His work, That we may see it; And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That we may know it.”
- Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scornful men, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
- Isaiah 29:20For the terrible one is brought to nothing, The scornful one is consumed, And all who watch for iniquity are cut off—
- Hosea 7:5In the day of our king Princes have made him sick, inflamed with wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers.
- 2 Peter 2:10and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,
- 2 Corinthians 4:2But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
- Jude 1:16These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.
Commentaries on 2 Peter 3:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Knowing this first - Considering this in an especial manner, that those prophets predicted the coming of false teachers: and their being now in the Church proved how clearly they were known to God, and showed the Christians at Pontus the necessity of having no intercourse or connection with them. There shall come - scoffers - Persons who shall endeavor to turn all religion into ridicule, as this is the most likely way to depreciate truth in the sight of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Knowing this first - As among the first and most important things to be attended to - as one of the predictions which demand your special regard. Jude Jude 1:18 says that the fact that there would be “mockers in the last time,” had been particularly foretold by thom. It is probable that Peter refers to the same thing, and we may suppose that this was so well understood by all the apostles that they made it a common subject of preaching. That there shall…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3In the last days: Peter was not only predicting something in the future. He was also speaking about the situation of those he was writing to at that time. In the New Testament, the phrase the last days refers to the period between the first coming of Jesus and his second coming (see Acts 2:17; Hebrews 1:2). This is the time when God begins to fulfill his promises. scoffers will come: See Proverbs 1:22; 9:7–8; 13:1. These people refuse to take the truth…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Knowing this first--from the word of the apostles. shall come--Their very scoffing shall confirm the truth of the prediction. scoffers--The oldest manuscripts and Vulgate add, "(scoffers) in (that is, 'with') scoffing." As Re 14:2, "harping with harps." walking after their own lusts--(2Pe 2:10; Jude 16, 18). Their own pleasure is their sole law, unrestrained by reverence for God.Read the comment
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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
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