2 Peter 3:1 BSB — MannaFest

2 Peter 3:1

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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;

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Hilary of Arles

INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER (449)

Peter makes a point of mentioning that this is his second letter, so that the recipients will not doubt its authenticity.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

By saying, I stir up your pure mind, he means the same as though he had said, "I wish to awaken you to a sincerity of mind." And the words ought to be thus explained, "I stir up your mind that it may be pure and bright." For the meaning is, that the minds of the godly become dim, and as it were contract rust, when admonitions cease.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Opposite to "having the understanding darkened." ALFORD explains, The mind, will, and affection, in relation to the outer world, being turned to God [the Sun of the soul], and not obscured by fleshly and selfish regards. by way of--Greek, "in," "in putting you in remembrance" (2Pe 1:12, 13). Ye already know (2Pe 3:3); it is only needed that I remind you (Jude 5).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ταύτην	Tautēn	This	G3778 →
ἤδη,	ēdē	now,	G2235 →
ἀγαπητοί,	agapētoi	beloved,	G27 →
δευτέραν	deuteran	[is the] second	G1208 →
ὑμῖν	humin	to you	G4771 →
γράφω	graphō	I am writing	G1125 →
ἐπιστολήν,	epistolēn	letter,	G1992 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
αἷς	hais	which	G3739 →
διεγείρω	diegeirō	I am stirring up	G1326 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ὑπομνήσει	hupomnēsei	putting [you] in remembrance	G5280 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
εἰλικρινῆ	eilikrinē	pure	G1506 →
διάνοιαν	dianoian	mind	G1271 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 24:4
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
leads to
- Matthew 5:8
  Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 51:10
  Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- James 4:8
  Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Timothy 1:6
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 4:14
  Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.
- 1 Peter 4:10–11
  As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.
- Romans 12:6–8
  We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:19
  Do not extinguish the Spirit.
- 2 Timothy 4:2
  Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Peter

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Peter