2 Peter 3:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μνησθῆναι τῶν προειρημένων ῥημάτων ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων προφητῶν, καὶ τῆς τῶν ἀποστόλων ἡμῶν ἐντολῆς, τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ Σωτῆρος:

Transliteration

To-mnēsthēnai of-the proeirēmenōn rhēmatōn by the hagiōn prophētōn, and of-the of-the apostolōn of-us entolēs, of-the Kyriou and Sōtēros:

Grammar Details

• *mnēsthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to remember/recall/be reminded of
• *proeirēmenōn*: perfect passive participle, genitive, neuter, plural - having been spoken before/foretold
• *rhēmatōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - words/sayings/utterances
• *hagiōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - holy/set apart
• *prophētōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - prophets
• *apostolōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - apostles/sent ones
• *entolēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - commandment/precept/instruction
• *Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Lord/Master
• *Sōtēros*: genitive, masculine, singular - Savior

Word Meanings

• *mnēsthēnai*: to remember/recall/be reminded of
• *proeirēmenōn*: previously spoken/foretold/predicted
• *rhēmatōn*: words/sayings/utterances/declarations
• *hagiōn*: holy/set apart/consecrated
• *prophētōn*: prophets/seers/those who speak for God
• *apostolōn*: apostles/sent ones/messengers
• *entolēs*: commandment/precept/instruction/order
• *Kyriou*: Lord/Master/Ruler
• *Sōtēros*: Savior/Deliverer/Preserver

Referenced Verses

• Jude 1:17 : 17 But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
• Luke 1:70 : 70 (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
• 2 Pet 2:21 : 21 For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
• 2 Pet 3:15 : 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;
• 1 John 4:6 : 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
• Luke 24:27 : 27 And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
• Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
• Acts 3:18 : 18 But the things which God foreshowed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he {G4137} thus fulfilled.
• Acts 3:21 : 21 whom the heaven {G3303} must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of {G3956} His holy prophets that have been from of old.
• Acts 3:24-26 : 24 Yea and all the prophets from Samuel and them that followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days. 25 Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, {G2424} sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.
• Acts 10:43 : 43 To him bear all the prophets witness, that through his name every one that believeth on him shall receive remission of sins.
• Acts 28:23 : 23 And when they had appointed him a day, they came to him into his lodging in great number; to whom he expounded [the matter,] testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.
• Eph 2:20 : 20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
• 1 Pet 1:10-12 : 10 Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that [should come] unto you: 11 searching {G1519} what [time] or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them. 12 To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
• 2 Pet 1:19-21 : 19 And we have the word of prophecy [made] more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until {G3757} the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts: 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of {G3956} private interpretation. 21 For no prophecy ever came {G4218} by the will of man: but {G40} men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.