by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
Remember two things: the words of the holy prophets of the Old Testament, for they spoke of Christ's person, offices, sufferings, incarnation, and His return to judge the world and prepare new heavens and a new earth. And remember the commandment of us apostles of the Lord and Saviour, for we were sent by Him and declare His will, speaking the same truths as the prophets, only more clearly and expressly.
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Peter calls them beloved because a minister must show love and affection as well as doctrine; he writes the same things again without shame, for their safety matters more than his brevity. What the sanctified prophets spoke and what Christ commanded through the apostles deserve constant remembrance, for by meditating on these things the pure in heart feel the quickening virtues that make them lively and zealous in holiness.
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Commenting on 2 Peter 3:1-2
prophets--of the Old Testament. of us--The oldest manuscripts and Vulgate read, "And of the commandment of the Lord and Saviour (declared) by YOUR apostles" (so "apostle of the Gentiles," Rom 11:13) --the apostles who live among you in the present time, in contrast to the Old Testament "prophets."