To call to remembrance the words, which were told before of the holy Prophets, and also the commandment of us the Apostles of the Lord and Savior.

(A)[a]This first understand, that there shall come in the last days, [b]mockers, which will walk after their lusts,

[c]And say, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the Fathers died, all things continue alike from the beginning of the creation.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:3 He voucheth the second coming of Christ against the Epicureans by name.
  2. 2 Peter 3:3 Monstrous men, who will seem wise by their contempt of God, and wicked boldness.
  3. 2 Peter 3:4 The reason which these mockers pretend because the course of nature is all one as it was from the beginning: therefore the world is from everlasting, and shall be forever.

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