King James Version with Apocrypha
"This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:"
— 2 Peter 3:1, King James Version with Apocrypha
“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; ”
“This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;”
“The False Teachers’ Denial of the Lord’s Return Dear friends, this is already the second letter I have written you, in which I am trying to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder:”
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
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:
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
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.