2 Peter 3:1

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking”

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BSBPD

“Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding <FI>you<Fi> ,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Peter 3:1 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
  2. Psalms 73:1Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
  3. Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
  4. 2 Corinthians 13:2I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,
  5. 1 Timothy 5:22Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
  6. 2 Timothy 1:6For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
  7. 1 Peter 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
  8. 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
  9. 2 Peter 1:12Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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