2 Peter
2 Peter 3:16
16He writes this way in all his letters,g speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort,h as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
Footnotes
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| this way | ὡς | hōs | Adverb | G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| all | πάσαις | pasais | Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| letters | ἐπιστολαῖς | epistolais | Noun - Dative Feminine Plural | G1992 a letter, dispatch, epistle |
| speaking | λαλῶν | lalōn | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2980 I speak, say |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| them | αὐταῖς | autais | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| about | περὶ | peri | Preposition | G4012 about, concerning, around |
| Some | τινα | tina | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Plural | G5100 any one, some one |
| of | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| are | ἐστιν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| hard to understand | δυσνόητά | dysnoēta | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural | G1425 hard to understand |
| which | ἃ | ha | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| ignorant | ἀμαθεῖς | amatheis | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural | G261 unlearned, ignorant |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| unstable | ἀστήρικτοι | astēriktoi | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural | G793 unsteady, unstable |
| distort | στρεβλοῦσιν | streblousin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G4761 I rack, pervert, twist |
| as | ὡς | hōs | Adverb | G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that |
| the | τὰς | tas | Article - Accusative Feminine Plural | G3588 the |
| rest of | λοιπὰς | loipas | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural | G3062 left, left behind, the remainder |
| Scriptures | γραφὰς | graphas | Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural | G1124 a writing, passage of scripture, the scriptures |
| to | πρὸς | pros | Preposition | G4314 to, towards, with |
| their | αὐτῶν | autōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| own | ἰδίαν | idian | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2398 one's own, private, personal |
| destruction | ἀπώλειαν | apōleian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G684 destruction, ruin, loss |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Matthew 15:6 · Hebrews 5:11 · 2 Peter 2:14 · James 1:8 · Philippians 3:19 · Matthew 22:29 · Romans 8:1–39 · Jeremiah 23:36 · Jude 1:4 · Matthew 15:3 · 2 Peter 2:1 · Psalm 56:5
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.