2 Peter 3:1-3

International Standard Version

Be Ready for the Day of the Lord

3 Dear friends, this is now the second of two letters^[a] I am writing to you, in which I have been trying to stimulate your pure minds by reminding you ² to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the commandment of our Lord and Savior spoken^[b] through your apostles.

³ First of all you must understand this: In the last days mockers will come and, following their own desires, will ridicule us^[c]