Does anyone know what this verse means?

Question

2Pe 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,


2Pe 3:4 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.


2Pe 3:5 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:

Answer 1

3:3 those that don't believe, that say, ha, there is no Jesus, those that only like what they want, wealth, power, greed, lusts of their body, sexual in nature, etc. all these things.

3:4 they will run around saying, so where is this so called Jesus? I don't see him. Since its been so long (the sleep) since he was here and since creation has continued, people are now saying... so where is he? I don't believe it.

3:5 they will be dumb, stupid, will ignore the bible and what it says and not believe what it says about creation, meaning believe something else, just as we do today

Answer 2

It says that people in the last days will claim that God has been saying for millennia that He will return but He hasn't yet! So looks like He never will!

But Peter also says:

2Pe 3:9 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.

Answer 3

Not much has really changed over the ages, there was sin then and is now, lust and all. THe fathers are out of it, so it appears, not doing there job, ignorant on land and sea, is it a metaphor for the baptized and non baptized? COuld be. They probably think, if they think, if I learn it and know it I will have to be accountable for it-so willingly ignorant. Perish for lack of knowledge.

Answer 4

This is what I have found, hope it helps.

Despite the urgency of the situation, most of earth’s inhabitants are not concerned about the approaching “day of Jehovah.” They mock and ridicule those who warn them of its imminent arrival. True Christians are not surprised by this. They remember the warning recorded by the apostle Peter: “You know this first, that in the last days there will come ridiculers with their ridicule, proceeding according to their own desires and saying: ‘Where is this promised presence of his? Why, from the day our forefathers fell asleep in death, all things are continuing exactly as from creation’s beginning.’”—2 Peter 3:3, 4.

What will help us to resist such negative thinking and thereby maintain a sense of urgency? Peter tells us: “I am arousing your clear thinking faculties by way of a reminder, that you should remember the sayings previously spoken by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.” (2 Peter 3:1, 2) Our paying attention to prophetic warnings will help us to ‘arouse our clear thinking faculties.’ Perhaps we have heard these reminders repeatedly, but it is vital that we now, more than ever, continue to pay attention to these warnings.—Isaiah 34:1-4; Luke 21:34-36.

Why do some ignore these reminders? Peter continues: “According to their wish, this fact escapes their notice, that there were heavens from of old and an earth standing compactly out of water and in the midst of water by the word of God; and by those means the world of that time suffered destruction when it was deluged with water.” (2 Peter 3:5, 6) Yes, there are those who do not wish for Jehovah’s day to arrive. They do not want their lives to be disrupted. They do not want to be held accountable to Jehovah for their selfish lifestyle! As Peter states, they live “according to their own desires.”

Because of “their wish,” these ridiculers prefer to ignore that Jehovah has intervened in mankind’s affairs in the past. Both Jesus Christ and the apostle Peter refer to two such events—“the days of Noah” and “the days of Lot.” (Luke 17:26-30; 2 Peter 2:5-9) Before the Flood, people took no note of the warning Noah gave. Likewise, prior to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, in the eyes of his sons-in-law, Lot “seemed like a man who was joking.”—Genesis 19:14.

Answer 5

The author of the epistle is addressing those who are disappointed that Jesus has not yet returned. The author persaudes the reader (as you continue) that a day is like one thousand years to God. In other words, be patient.

Answer 6

it is saying before Jesus returns men will turn against God and go their own way many will deny him as we see on here every day.

Answer 7

pl specify, where from the verses are so as to have a context.

Answer 8

I have no idea whay you are reading from

Be a little more specific