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2 Peter 3:2

2 Peter 3:2
That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

That ye may be mindful,.... This is an explanation of the above mentioned end of his writing this and the other epistle; which was, that those saints might be mindful of two things more especially:…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

That ye may be mindful of the words - Of the doctrines, the truths; the prophetic statements. Jude Jud 1:18 says that it had been foretold by the apostles, that in the last days there would be…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Peter 3:1-2

That the apostle might the better reach his end in writing this epistle, which is to make them steady and constant in a fiducial and practical remembrance of the doctrine of the gospel, he, 1.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets The conjunction of "prophets" and "apostles" here is so entirely after the pattern of the like combination in Eph 2:20; Eph 3:5; Eph 4:11, that…