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2 Peter 3:1

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

KJV

Ταύτην ἤδη, ἀγαπητοί, δευτέραν ὑμῖν γράφω ἐπιστολήν, ἐν αἷς διεγείρω ὑμῶν ἐν ὑπομνήσει τὴν εἰλικρινῆ διάνοιαν,

Greek NT

Hanc ecce vobis, carissimi, secundam scribo epistolam, in quibus vestram excito in commonitione sinceram mentem :

Vulgate

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;

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
δεύτερος
deuteros
adjective · 42×
διάνοια
dianoia
noun · 12×
διεγείρω
diegeiro
verb · 6×
εἰλικρινής
eilikrines
adjective · 2×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἀγαπητός
agapetos
adjective · 61×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπιστολή
epistole
noun · 24×
ἤδη
ede
adverb · 58×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπόμνησις
upomnesis
noun · 3×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:1 — Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
  • 1Pet 1:22 — Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
  • 1Tim 4:6 — If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
  • 1Tim 5:22 — Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
  • 2Pet 1:12 — Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
  • 2Pet 1:12 — Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
  • 2Pet 1:13 — Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
  • 2Tim 1:6 — Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
  • 2Tim 1:6 — Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
  • Acts 2:42 — And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
  • Acts 11:16 — Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
  • Deut 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep
  • Deut 11:18 — Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
  • Heb 2:1 — Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
  • John 20:30 — And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
  • Jude 1:3 — Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once deli
  • Matt 5:8 — Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
  • Phil 3:1 — Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
  • Phil 4:8 — Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;
  • Ps 24:4 — He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
  • Ps 73:1 — Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
  • Rev 3:3 — Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon th
  • Titus 3:1 — Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,