Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 2 Peter 3:2

"that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:" — 2 Peter 3:2 (ASV)

The “words spoken in the past” are the prophetic oracles with special reference here to the day of the Lord. The “command” is a way of referring to the moral demands of the Christian faith and primarily to the command of love. These prophecies and commands were given to the early Christians by the NT prophets and apostles (cf. Ephesians 2:20).