3:1  
    [kjv]  This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
    [bbe]  My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;
3:2
    [kjv]  That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
    [bbe]  So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.
3:3  
    [kjv]  Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
    [bbe]  Having first of all the knowledge that in the last days there will be men who, ruled by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things,
3:4
    [kjv]  And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
    [bbe]  Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.
3:5  
    [kjv]  For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
    [bbe]  But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;
3:6
    [kjv]  Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
    [bbe]  And that the world which then was came to an end through the overflowing of the waters.
3:7
    [kjv]  But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
    [bbe]  But the present heaven and the present earth have been kept for destruction by fire, which is waiting for them on the day of the judging and destruction of evil men.
3:8  
    [kjv]  But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
    [bbe]  But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day.
3:9
    [kjv]  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
    [bbe]  The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.
3:10  
    [kjv]  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. ............