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2 Peter 3:16

King James Version (KJV)

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Translations

2 Peter 3:16 - Amplified Bible

Speaking of this as he does in all of his letters. There are some things in those [epistles of Paul] that are difficult to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist {and} misconstrue to their own utter destruction, just as [they distort and misinterpret] the rest of the Scriptures.

2 Peter 3:16 - American Standard Version

as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

2 Peter 3:16 - Bible in Basic English

And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.

2 Peter 3:16 - Darby Bible

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 3:16 - English Standard Version

as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.

2 Peter 3:16 - King James Version

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

2 Peter 3:16 - La Biblia de las Americas

Asimismo en todas sus cartas habla en ellas de esto; en las cuales hay algunas cosas difìciles de entender, que los ignorantes e inestables tuercen-como también tuercen el resto de las Escrituras-para su propia perdiciòn.

2 Peter 3:16 - The Message

2 Peter 3:16 - New American Standard Bible

as also in all {his} letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as {they do} also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

2 Peter 3:16 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Asimismo en todas sus cartas habla en ellas de esto; en las cuales hay algunas cosas difìciles de entender, que los ignorantes e inestables tuercen, como también tuercen el resto de las Escrituras, para su propia perdiciòn (destrucciòn).

2 Peter 3:16 - World English Bible

as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they do also to the other scriptures, to their own destruction.

2 Peter 3:16 - Young's Living Translation

as also in all the epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, among which things are certain hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable do wrest, as also the other Writings, unto their own destruction.

2 Peter 3:16 - Additional Comments

Not only are we to prepare for the end times, but we are to teach others to do the same.
In addition to the scoffers, those who mock the words, we have those who twist and distort the words. The result? Their own destruction. They laugh about hell as they are sliding down the ravine into it.

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