2nd Peter Chapter 3 verse 3 Holy Bible
knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,
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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,
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knowing this first, that there shall come at [the] close of the days mockers with mocking, walking according to their own lusts,
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Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
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knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts,
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this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers. (For the irregular construction of γινώσκοντες, see Winer, 3:63, 2, a.) St. Peter has the words, "knowing this first," in 2 Peter 1:20, where he is speaking of the interpretation of prophecy; he repeats them now when referring to the scoffers who mocked at the long delay of the Lord's coming foretold by the prophets. (For "the last days," see note on 1 Peter 1:20.) The Revised Version has, "Mockers shall come with mockery." This represents the words ἐν ἐμπαιγμοπνῇ, found in nearly all the best manuscripts, which give emphasis to the expression after the Hebrew manner. The word ἐμπαιγμονή occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, and ἐμπαῖκται, scoffers, only in the parallel passage, Jude 1:18. Walking after their own lusts. Self-indulgence often leads to skepticism. This verse is quoted in a homily ascribed to Hippolytus.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersSECOND PREDICTION: Scoffers shall throw doubt on Christ's return.(3) In the last days.--Comp. 1Peter 1:20; Hebrews 1:2; and the parallel passage to this, Jude 1:18. "Know this first, children, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts" is quoted in a homily attributed on doubtful authority to Hippolytus. (See above on 2Peter 2:1.)Scoffers.--The best authorities add "in scoffing," intensifying the meaning by repetition (as in Ephesians 1:3; Revelation 14:2; comp. Luke 22:15). There are other repetitions of this kind in the New Testament, which have been rendered by strengthening the verb in some other way (John 3:29; Acts 4:17; Acts 5:28; James 5:17). . . .
