2 Peter 3:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³ First of all, you should understand that, in the final days, mockers with evil desires will come [to you] saying, mockingly,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ To begin with, you must know and understand this, that scoffers (mockers) will come in the last days with scoffing, [people who] walk after their own fleshly desires

American Standard Version (1901)

³ knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,

Common English Bible

³ Most important, know this: in the last days scoffers will come, jeering, living by their own cravings,

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Know this first: that in the last days there will arrive deceitful mockers, walking according to their own desires,

2 Peter 3:3 Cross References

Jude 1:18

for they were saying to you people, “In the last times [See I John 2:18; Heb. 1:1-2] there will be mockers [arise], who will live according to their [own] ungodly desires.”

2 Peter 2:10

[This fate will come upon] those people especially who corrupt themselves with physical desires and despise being ruled by others. They are daring, self-willed, and are not afraid to speak against glorious beings [i.e., angels],

Jude 1:16

These people are gripers and complainers, living according to their own [evil] desires, whose mouths speak boastfully, and who show partiality [toward certain people] to gain some advantage.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Instead, we have renounced [the practice of] secret, disgraceful behavior. We do not practice deception, nor resort to distorting God’s message. But, by making known the truth [i.e., the true message], we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the presence of God.

2 Peter 1:20

Above all, [you should realize] that no prophecy of Scripture originates from a person’s own initiative [Note: This passage is discussing the source of Scripture, not the understanding of it].

2 Timothy 3:1

But you should know this: There will be terrible times in the last days [of the Christian age].

1 John 2:18

Dear children, it is [now] the last hour [i.e., the final period of God’s dealing with people on earth], and since you have heard that an antichrist [i.e., a person who is against Christ] is coming, even now [you should be aware that] many antichrists have [already] come. This is [one way] we know that this is the last hour.

John 12:48

The person who rejects me and does not accept my message has One who [will] judge him. The message that I have spoken will judge him on the last day [i.e., the judgment day].

Hebrews 1:2

[but] during these final days He has spoken to us through His Son [Note: This period refers to the Christian age (See Acts 2:14-36)], whom He appointed to be heir of all things [and] through whom He created the universe. [See John 1:3; Col. 1:16].