King James Version with Apocrypha
"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,"
— 2 Peter 3:3, King James Version with Apocrypha
“Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,”
“knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts, ”
“knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts,”
“Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urges”
“Knowing this first: That in the last days there shall come deceitful scoffers, walking after their own lusts,”
“Having first of all the knowledge that in the last days there will be men who, ruled by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things,”
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.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: