2 Peter 3:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Peter 3:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Peter 3:3 is a verse from the book of 2 Peter in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts," Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Peter 3:3 — KJV
“Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,”
— 2 Peter 3:3 (KJV)
2 Peter 3:3 in Context — About the Book of 2 Peter
2 Peter is a dying apostle's reminder service: God's divine power has already given us everything needed for life and godliness through precious promises. It warns against scoffers and false teachers, explains the Lord's patience — not slow but not willing that any perish — and calls us to grow in grace.
Cross-References for 2 Peter 3:3
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 3:3: come, after, own
“These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 3:3: walking, after, own
“How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 3:3: last, after, own
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 3:3: days, after, own
“And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 3:3: first, come, after
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