2 Peter 3:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ταύτην ἤδη ἀγαπητοί, δευτέραν ὑμῖν γράφω ἐπιστολήν· ἐν αἷς διεγείρω ὑμῶν ἐν ὑπομνήσει τὴν εἰλικρινῆ διάνοιαν:

Transliteration

This ēdē agapētoi, second to-you I-graphō epistolēn; in which I-diegeirō of-you in hypomnēsei the eilikrinē dianoia:

Grammar Details

*ēdē*: adverb - now/already
*agapētoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - beloved ones
*graphō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I write/am writing
*epistolēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - letter/epistle
*diegeirō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I arouse/awaken/stir up
*hypomnēsei*: dative, feminine, singular - reminder/remembrance
*eilikrinē*: accusative, feminine, singular - pure/sincere/unmixed
*dianoia*: accusative, feminine, singular - mind/understanding/intellect

Word Meanings

*ēdē*: now/already/at this point
*agapētoi*: beloved ones/dear friends
*graphō*: write/compose/record
*epistolēn*: letter/epistle/written communication
*diegeirō*: arouse/awaken/stir up/stimulate
*hypomnēsei*: reminder/remembrance/recollection
*eilikrinē*: pure/sincere/unmixed/genuine
*dianoia*: mind/understanding/intellect/thought process

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Tim 1:6 : 6 For which cause I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee through the laying on of my hands.
2 Pet 1:12-15 : 12 Wherefore I shall be {G3756} ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth which is with [you]. 13 And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me. 15 Yea, I will give diligence that at every time ye may be able after my decease to call these things to remembrance.
1 Pet 1:1-2 : 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the {G2513} heart fervently:
Ps 73:1 : 1 A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, [Even] to such as are pure in heart.
1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
Ps 24:4 : 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.
Matt 5:8 : 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come {G1519} again, I will not spare;

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