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.

I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets(A) and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.(B)

Above all, you must understand that in the last days(C) scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.(D) They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?(E) Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”(F)

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