2 Peter 3:2

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2 Peter 3:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

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

2 by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

3 Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

4 “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”

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2 Peter 1:19

We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

2 Peter 1:20

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.

2 Peter 1:21

For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Luke 1:70

as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,

Luke 24:27

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

Luke 24:44

Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”

Acts 3:18

But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.

Acts 3:24

Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.

Acts 3:25

And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

Acts 3:26

When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

Acts 10:43

All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

Acts 28:23

So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

1 Peter 1:10

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,

1 Peter 1:11

trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

Revelation 19:10

So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

2 Peter 3:15

Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.

2 Peter 2:21

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

Ephesians 2:20

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

1 John 4:6

We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

Jude 1:17

But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ