2Pe 3:3-4 | TNotes | STEP | 3:3 in the last days: Peter was not merely predicting an event in the future; he was speaking about his readers’ situation. In the New Testament, the last days refers to the period from Jesus’ first coming to his second coming (see Acts 2:17 ; Heb 1:2 ). It is the time when God’s promises are fulfilled. • scoffers will come: See Prov 1:22 ; 9:7-8 ; 13:1 . Rather than using evidence and logic to argue, scoffers belittle and make fun of the truth.

bActs 2:17►

cHeb 1:2►

dProv 1:22►

‏ 2 Peter 3:3-4

3:3 ^a in the last days: Peter was not merely predicting an event in the future; he was speaking about his readers’ situation. In the New Testament, the last days refers to the period from Jesus’ first coming to his second coming (see Acts 2:17 ^b; Heb 1:2 ^c). It is the time when God’s promises are fulfilled.

• scoffers will come: See Prov 1:22 ^d; 9:7-8 ^e; 13:1 ^f. Rather than using evidence and logic to argue, scoffers belittle and make fun of the truth.
3:4 ^g From before the times of our ancestors: The false teachers were probably claiming that, for all of God’s promises to intervene in history, things had not really changed and never would.