2 Peter 3:1
Cross References

Behold this second epistle I write to you, my dearly beloved, in which, I stir up by way of admonition your sincere mind:

Hebrews 6:9
But, my dearly beloved, we trust better things of you, and nearer to salvation; though we speak thus.

1 Peter 2:11
Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,

2 Peter 1:13
But I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance.

2 Peter 3:8
But of this one thing be not ignorant, my beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

2 Peter 3:14
Wherefore, dearly beloved, waiting for these things, be diligent that you may be found before him unspotted and blameless in peace.

2 Peter 3:17
You therefore, brethren, knowing these things before, take heed, lest being led aside by the error of the unwise, you fall from your own steadfastness.

Jude 1:5
I will therefore admonish you, though ye once knew all things, that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, did afterwards destroy them that believed not.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Behold this second epistle I write to you, my dearly beloved, in which, I stir up by way of admonition your sincere mind:

second epistle.

2 Corinthians 13:2 I have told before and foretell, as present and now absent, to them that sinned before and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare.

1 Peter 1:1,2 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, elect, . . .

I stir.

2 Peter 1:13-15 But I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance. . . .

2 Timothy 1:6 For which cause I admonish thee that thou stir up the grace of God which is in thee by the imposition of my hands.

pure.

Psalm 24:4 The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.

Psalm 73:1 A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!

Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the clean of heart: they shall see God.

1 Timothy 5:22 Impose not hands lightly upon any man, neither be partaker of other men's sins. Keep thyself chaste.

1 Peter 1:22 Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:

way.

2 Peter 1:12 For which cause, I will begin to put you always in remembrance of these things: though indeed you know them and are confirmed in the present truth.

Context
The Coming Judgment
1Behold this second epistle I write to you, my dearly beloved, in which, I stir up by way of admonition your sincere mind: 2That you may be mindful of those words which I told you before from the holy prophet and of your apostles, of the precepts of the Lord and Saviour.…
Lexicon
Beloved,
ἀγαπητοί (agapētoi)
Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 27: From agapao; beloved.

this [is]
Ταύτην (Tautēn)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

now
ἤδη (ēdē)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2235: Already; now at length, now after all this waiting. Apparently from e and de; even now.

[my] second
δευτέραν (deuteran)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1208: Second; with the article: in the second place, for the second time. As the compare of duo; second.

letter
ἐπιστολήν (epistolēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1992: A letter, dispatch, epistle, message. From epistello; a written message.

to you.
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

[Both]
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

of [them]
αἷς (hais)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

[are] reminders
ὑπομνήσει (hypomnēsei)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5280: Remembrance, recollection, putting in mind; a reminder. From hupomimnesko; a reminding or recollection.

to stir
διεγείρω (diegeirō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1326: To wake out of sleep, arouse in general, stir up. From dia and egeiro; to wake fully; i.e. Arouse.

you
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

to wholesome
εἰλικρινῆ (eilikrinē)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1506: (originally: unmixed), pure, uncontaminated, sincere. From heile and krino; judged by sunlight, i.e. Tested as genuine.

thinking
διάνοιαν (dianoian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1271: From dia and nous; deep thought, properly, the faculty, by implication, its exercise.


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

Beloved, this is now the second letter I am writing to you, in both of which I am stirring up your pure mind in putting you in remembrance

This second letter, beloved, I now write to you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

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;

This, a second letter, beloved, I already write to you, in [both] which I stir up, in the way of putting you in remembrance, your pure mind,

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;

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

This letter which I am now writing to you, dear friends, is my second letter. In both my letters I seek to revive in your honest minds the memory of certain things,

This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;

This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding you,
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