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That ye should remember (mnēsthēnai). First aorist passive (deponent) infinitive of mimnēskō, to remind. Purpose (indirect command) is here expressed by this infinitive. Imperative in Jud 1:17.
Spoken before (proeirēmenōn). Perfect passive participle of proeipon (defective verb). Genitive case rēmatōn after mnēsthēnai.
And the commandment (kai tēs entolēs). Ablative case with hupo (agency).
Of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles (tōn apostolōn humōn tou kuriou kai sōtēros). Humōn (your) is correct, not hēmōn (our). But the several genitives complicate the sense. If dia (through) occurred before tōn apostolōn, it would be clear. It is held by some that Peter would not thus speak of the twelve apostles, including himself, and that the forger here allows the mask to slip, but Bigg rightly regards this a needless inference. The meaning is that they should remember the teaching of their apostles and not follow the Gnostic libertines.