31 Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.
31 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
31 This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,
31 My dear friends, this is now the second time I've written to you, both letters reminders to hold your minds in a state of undistracted attention.
31 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder),
31 This is my second letter to you, dear friends, and in both of them I have tried to stimulate your wholesome thinking and refresh your memory.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Peter 3:1
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.