3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
3 Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
3 knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.
3 First off, you need to know that in the last days, mockers are going to have a heyday. Reducing everything to the level of their puny feelings,
3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts,
3 Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Peter 3:3
Commentary on 2 Peter 3:1-4
(Read 2 Peter 3:1-4)
The purified minds of Christians are to be stirred up, that they may be active and lively in the work of holiness. There will be scoffers in the last days, under the gospel, men who make light of sin, and mock at salvation by Jesus Christ. One very principal article of our faith refers to what only has a promise to rest upon, and scoffers will attack it till our Lord is come. They will not believe that he will come. Because they see no changes, therefore they fear not God, Psalm 55:19. What he never has done, they fancy he never can do, or never will do.