2 Peter 3:3

New International Reader's Version

Most of all, here is what you must understand. In the last days people will make fun of the truth. They will laugh at it. They will follow their own evil desires.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:22

“How long will you childish people love your childish ways? How long will you rude people enjoy making fun of God and others? How long will you foolish people hate knowledge?

Proverbs 14:6

Those who make fun of others look for wisdom and don’t find it. But knowledge comes easily to those who understand what is right.

Proverbs 3:34

He makes fun of proud people who make fun of others. But he gives grace to those who are humble and treated badly.

Isaiah 28:14

Listen to the Lord’s message, you who make fun of the truth. Listen, you who rule over these people in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 29:20

Those who don’t show any pity will vanish. Those who make fun of others will disappear. All those who look for ways to do what is evil will be cut off.

Isaiah 5:19

How terrible for those who say, “Let God hurry up and do what he says he will. We want to see it happen. Let us see the plan of the Holy One of Israel. We want to know what it is.”

Hosea 7:5

On special days to honor our king, the princes get drunk with wine. And the king enjoys the party. He joins hands with those who pretend to be faithful to him.

John 12:48

But there is a judge for anyone who does not accept me and my words. These words I have spoken will judge them on the last day.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Instead, we have given up doing secret and shameful things. We don’t twist God’s word. In fact, we do just the opposite. We present the truth plainly. In the sight of God, we make our appeal to everyone’s sense of what is right and wrong.

2 Timothy 3:1

Here is what I want you to know. There will be terrible times in the last days.

Hebrews 1:2

But in these last days, he has spoken to us through his Son. He is the one whom God appointed to receive all things. God also made everything through him.

2 Peter 1:20

Above all, here is what you must understand. No prophecy in Scripture ever came from a prophet’s own understanding of things.

2 Peter 2:10

Most of all, this is true of people who follow desires that come from sin’s power. These people hate to be under authority. They are bold and proud. So they aren’t even afraid to speak evil things against heavenly beings.

1 John 2:18

Dear children, we are living in the last days. You have heard that the great enemy of Christ is coming. But even now many enemies of Christ have already come. That’s how we know that these are the last days.

Jude 1:16

These people complain and find fault with others. They follow their own evil desires. They brag about themselves. They praise others to get what they want.

Jude 1:18

They told you, “In the last days, some people will make fun of the truth. They will follow their own ungodly desires.”