Knowing this first (τουτο πρωτον γινωσκοντες). Present active participle of γινωσκω. See 1:20 for this identical phrase. Nominativ…

Knowing this first. As among the first and most important things to be attended to—as one of the predictions which demand your special reg…

SECOND PREDICTION: Scoffers shall throw doubt on Christ’s return.

(3) In the last days.—Compare 1 Peter 1:20,[R…

This second epistle, beloved, I now write to you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: that you may be mindful of the…

Peter next states a primary thing to be remembered from the prophetic and apostolic deposit: the appearance of scoffers in the last days, who deny …

Knowing this first. The participle knowing may be applied to the Apostle, and in this way, “I labor to stir you up for this reaso…

Knowing this first
In the first place, principally, and chiefly, and which might easily be known and observed from t…

The purified minds of Christians should be stirred up, so that they may be active and lively in the work of holiness. There will be scoffers in the…