2 Peter 3:17 (DBY)

Passage

*Ye* therefore, beloved, knowing [these] things before, take care lest, being led away along with the error of the wicked, ye should fall from your own stedfastness:

Nearby Context

2 Peter 3:15 and account the longsuffering of our Lord [to be] salvation; according as our beloved brother Paul also has written to you according to the wisdom given to him,

2 Peter 3:16 as also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; among which some things are hard to be understood, which the untaught and ill-established wrest, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.

2 Peter 3:17 *Ye* therefore, beloved, knowing [these] things before, take care lest, being led away along with the error of the wicked, ye should fall from your own stedfastness:

2 Peter 3:18 but grow in grace, and in [the] knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] glory both now and to [the] day of eternity. Amen.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "beloved", "knowing", "things", "before", "take", "care", and "lest". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "beloved", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "as also in all his epistles speaking..." into verse 18's "but grow in grace and in the...", so "therefore" and "beloved" belong inside that flow. In 2 Peter context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "beloved" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.