2 Peter 3:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Tim 1:6 : 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
2 Pet 1:12-15 : 12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. 13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. 15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
1 Pet 1:1-2 : 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Ps 73:1 : 1 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Lay hands suddenly 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 vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Matt 5:8 : 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

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