2 Peter 3:3 - Plain English Version

³ And this is very important, so I want you to understand it. These days are the last days of this world, and now some people will come and laugh at you, and they will say that you are stupid. Those people always do any bad thing they feel like doing. They laugh at God’s true story.

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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

John 12:48

But this will happen to the people that don’t believe in me and don’t take notice of my words. On the day when the world will finish up, they will stand in front of the judge, and the words that I said will make them guilty. You see, they didn’t believe my words, so they will stay guilty for ever.

2 Timothy 3:1

You have to understand this. In the last days of this world, things will be tough for people.

2 Peter 1:20

You see, those men that wrote those words a long time ago, they didn’t think up their own stories.

2 Peter 2:10

Yes, God will really punish people that do dirty things. They think about wrong ways to get their bodies to feel good, then they do those bad things. They reckon they don’t have to listen to any boss, not even God. So God will properly punish those bad people, even more than he will punish other bad people. Those lying teachers think they are better than everyone else, and they think they can do anything they want to. They even rubbish strong spirits.

Jude 1:16

That mob are always complaining and saying that they aren’t happy with things. They are always saying that other people have done things wrong. But they do all the bad things they want to do. They say very good things about themselves and tell everybody they are important. But they only say good things about other people when they want to get something from them.

Jude 1:18

They said, “In the last times, some people will laugh at God, and they will laugh at Christians. They will only think about the bad things they want for themselves, and they will do whatever bad things they want to do.”