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2 Peter 3:3
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Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
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2 Peter 3:3 in Other Translations
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Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
ESV
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knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.
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Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires.
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First off, you need to know that in the last days, mockers are going to have a heyday. Reducing everything to the level of their puny feelings,
CSB
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First, be aware of this: scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, following their own lusts,
2 Peter 3:3 In-Context
1
Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.
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I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
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Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
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They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”
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But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.
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1.
1 Timothy 4:1
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2 Timothy 3:1
2.
2 Peter 2:10
;
Jude 18
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