2 Peter 3:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ He speaks about these matters in all of his letters. Some things in them are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist (as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures)—to their own destruction.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Speaking of this as he does in all of his letters. There are some things in those [epistles of Paul] that are difficult to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist and misconstrue to their own utter destruction, just as [they distort and misinterpret] the rest of the Scriptures.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ speaking of these things in all his letters. Some of his remarks are hard to understand, and people who are ignorant and whose faith is weak twist them to their own destruction, just as they do the other scriptures.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ just as he also spoke in all of his epistles about these things. In these, there are certain things which are difficult to understand, which the unlearned and the unsteady distort, as they also do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

2 Peter 3:16 Cross References

Genesis 49:4

like water boiling over you will not have extra, for you got up into your father’s bed, when you defiled a maid’s couch.

1 Kings 10:1

Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon because of the Name of Adonai, she came to test him with hard questions.

Psalm 56:5

In God—I keep praising His word— in God I trust, I will not fear. What can mere flesh do to me?

Exodus 23:2

“Do not follow a crowd to do evil. Nor are you to testify in a case, to follow a crowd and pervert justice.

Exodus 23:6

“You are not to pervert justice to your poor in his dispute.

Jeremiah 23:36

But you should no longer remember ‘the burden of Adonai’—for to each one, his own word is becoming ‘the burden’! So you have perverted the words of the living God, of Adonai-Tzva’ot our God.

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore, Torah has no effect, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked encircle the righteous Therefore justice comes out perverted.

Matthew 15:3

And answering, He said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

Matthew 15:6

he need not honor his father.’ On account of your tradition, you made void the word of God.

Matthew 22:29

But answering, Yeshua said to them, “You’ve gone astray, because you don’t understand the Scriptures or the power of God.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You are not to twist justice—you must not show partiality or take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction—their god is their belly and their glory is in their shame. They set their minds on earthly things.)

Hebrews 5:11

About this subject there is much for us to say, and it is hard to explain since you have become sluggish in hearing.

James 1:8

he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an emissary of Messiah Yeshua, To the sojourners of the Diaspora in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia—chosen

1 Peter 2:8

and “a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they are disobeying the word—to this they were also appointed.

2 Peter 2:1

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies. They will even deny the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes full of adultery that never stop sinning, enticing unstable souls. They have hearts trained in greed—a cursed brood!

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, loved ones, while you are looking for these things, make every effort to be found in shalom, spotless and blameless before Him.

2 Peter 3:2

to remember the words previously proclaimed by the holy prophets and the commandment of our Lord and Savior through your emissaries.

Jude 1:4

For certain people have secretly slipped in—those who from long ago have been marked out for this judgment. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into indecency and deny our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.